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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 1 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Genesis 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../revelation/22.htm" title="Revelation 22">◄</a> Genesis 1 <a href="../genesis/2.htm" title="Genesis 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/genesis/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Creation of the World</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And God said, “Let there be an expanse<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20">a</a></sup></span> in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And God made<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or fashioned; also verse 16">b</a></sup></span> the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And God called the expanse Heaven.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1">c</a></sup></span> And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>God called the dry land Earth,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1">d</a></sup></span> and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or small plants; also verses 12, 29">e</a></sup></span> yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or appointed times">f</a></sup></span> and for days and years, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19-20">g</a></sup></span> fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then God said, “Let us make man<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam">h</a></sup></span> in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”</p> <span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">So God created man in his own image,</span><br /><span class="indent">in the image of God he created him;</span><br /><span class="indent">male and female he created them.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>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.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">a</span> canopy</i>; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>fashioned</i>; also verse 16<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>Sky</i>; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1<br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>Land</i>; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1<br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>small plants</i>; also verses 12, 29<br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>appointed times</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Or <i>flying things</i>; see Leviticus 11:19 - 20<br /><span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> The Hebrew word for <i class="catch-word">man</i> (<i language="Hebrew">adam</i>) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name <i>Adam</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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