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 Genesis
1 (New International Version)
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.2
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the
surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over
the waters.
3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there
was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he 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 And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the
waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the
expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the
water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse "sky."
And there was evening, and there was morning--the second day.
9 And 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 land that bear fruit
with seed in it, according to their various 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 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse
of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them
serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and
let them be lights in the expanse 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 set them in the
expanse 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 And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the
sky." 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea
and every living and moving thing with which the water teems,
according to their kinds, and every winged bird according
to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed
them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and
fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on
the earth." 23 And there was evening, and there was morning--the
fifth day.
24 And 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 man in our image, in
our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and
the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth,
and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God
he created him; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed
them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number;
fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea
and the birds of the air 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 of the air and all
the creatures that move on 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.
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Six
Day Creation?
General
Before
time began there was no heaven, no earth and no space between.
A vast dark ocean washed upon the shores of nothingness and
licked the edges of night. A giant cobra floated on the waters.
Asleep within its endless coils lay the Lord Vishnu. He was
watched over by the mighty serpent. Everything was so peaceful
and silent that Vishnu slept undisturbed by dreams or motion.