THE INTRODUCTION TO THE CREATION (GN 1:1-2)
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
THE CREATION OF LIGHT (GN 1:3-5)
And God said, "Let there be light": and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning—day one.
THE CREATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE (GN 1:6-8)
And God said, "Let there be a expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
And God made the expanse and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse: and it was so.
And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening, and there was morning—a second day.
THE CREATION OF DRY LAND & PLANT LIFE (GN 1:9-13)
And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear": and it was so.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And God said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation, the plants yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth": and it was so.
And the earth brought forth vegetation, and plants yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And there was evening, and there was morning—a third day.
THE CREATION OF THE SUN, MOON, & STARS (GN 1:14-19)
And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth": and it was so.
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: (He made the stars also).
And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
And there was evening, and there was morning—a fourth day.
THE CREATION OF SEA CREATURES & BIRDS (GN 1:20-23)
And God said, "Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and birds that may fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens."
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged bird after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply in the earth."
And there was evening, and there was morning—a fifth day.
THE CREATION OF LAND ANIMALS (GN 1:24-28)
And God said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind": and it was so.
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
THE CREATION AND BLESSING OF MANKIND (GN 1:26-28)
And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."
So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created Him; male and female He created them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."
THE PROVISIONS FOR CREATION (GN 1:29-30)
And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.
And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, which has in it the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food": and it was so.
THE CONCLUSION OF CREATION (GN 1:31)
And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.