Genesis chapter 1 good news bible

Here is Genesis chapter 1 from the Good News Bible:

Genesis 1

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was empty and unfurnished, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

3 Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

6 Then God said, "Let there be a vault between the waters, to separate water from water." 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under it from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault Sky. And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

9 Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground Land, and the gathered waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds." And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

14 Then God said, "Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God placed them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

20 Then God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open vault of the sky." 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and increase and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

24 Then God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 26 Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground." 29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food." And it was so. 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Genesis 2:1-3

1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing, and so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work that he had done in creating the heavens and the earth.