Genesis 1 - Amplified Bible(AMP)

The Creation

1In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth.

2The earth was formless and void or a waste and emptiness, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters.

3And God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

4God saw that the light was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it; and God separated the light from the darkness.

5And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

6And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

7And God made the expanse and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

8God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

10God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that this was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it.

11So God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit according to (limited to, consistent with) their kind, whose seed is in them upon the earth”; and it was so.

12The earth sprouted and abundantly produced vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, according to their kind; and God saw that it was good and He affirmed and sustained it.

13And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14Then God said, “Let there be light-bearers (sun, moon, stars) in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be useful for signs (tokens), and for marking seasons, days, and years;

15and let them be useful as lights in the expanse of the heavens to provide light on the earth”; and it was so,.

16God made the two great lights—the greater light (the sun) to rule the day, and the lesser light (the moon) to rule the night; He made the stars also.

17God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to provide light upon the earth,

18to rule over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good and He affirmed and sustained it.

19And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20Then God said, “Let the waters swarm and abundantly produce living creatures, and let birds soar above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.”

21God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind; and God saw that it was good and He affirmed and sustained it.

22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

23And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

24Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to (limited to, consistent with) their kind: livestock, crawling things, and wild animals of the earth according to their kinds”; and it was so.

25So God made the wild animals of the earth according to their kind, and the cattle according to their kind, and everything that creeps and crawls on the earth according to its kind; and God saw that it was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it.

26Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.”

27So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.

28And God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth.”

29So God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of the entire earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

30and to all the animals on the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that moves on the ground—to everything in which there is the breath of life—I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.

31God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.