Table of Contents
Chapter 10 - Science and the Narrative of Creation
Chapter 12 - Conclusion
Chapter 11 - Part I
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth was formless and empty and darkness was upon the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the surface of the waters.
And God said, let light be, and light was, and God saw the light that it was good. And God separated the light and the darkness, and God called the light 'day', and the darkness called He 'night'. And evening came and morning came, day one.
And God said, let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate waters from the waters. And 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, and God called the expanse 'heavens'. And evening came and morning came, day second.
And God said, let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to 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 sprout grass of green herbage, seeding seed, and the fruit tree making fruit, after its kind, whose seed is within it upon the earth, and it was so. And the earth caused to go forth grass of green herbage, seeding seed after its kind and the fruit-bearing tree whose seed is within it, after its kind, and God saw that it was good. And evening came and morning came, day third.
And God said, let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs, for set times, for days and years. And let them be for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth, and it was so. And God made the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day and the small luminary for the rule of the night, and the stars. 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 separate the light and the darkness, and God saw that it was good. And evening came and morning came, day fourth.
And God said, let the waters swarm with living swarming creatures, the flying creatures that fly about above the earth over the face of the expanse of the heavens. And God created great sea creatures and every soul of life that glideth, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged flying creature after its 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 the flying creature let it multiply in the earth. And evening came and morning came, day fifth.
And God said, let the earth bring forth living creatures, cattle, creeping things, and beast of the earth, after its kind, and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth, after its kind and the cattle after its kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God saw that it was good.
And God said, let us make man in our image according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creature of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the earth, and over all the gliding things that glideth over the earth. And God created man in His image, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them. And God blessed them, and, God said to them, be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and exercise dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of the heavens, and over every beast which glideth upon the earth.
And God said, behold I have given you every herb that soweth upon the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has in it the fruit of a tree which sows seed, to you it shall be for food. And to every beast of the earth and every flying creature of the heavens, and to every thing which glideth upon the earth in which is the soul of life, every grass of green herbage for food, and it was so. And God saw all that He had made, and behold it was exceedingly good. And evening came and morning came, day the sixth.
And were finished the heavens and the earth and all their arranged order (or series), and on the seventh day God finished His business which He had done and He desisted on the seventh day from all His business which He had done. And God blessed the seventh day and set it apart, for in it He ceased from all His business which God did creatively in reference to making these the histories (LXX, written account) of the heavens and the earth, in their being created in the day when the Lord God did the earth and heavens.
Chapter 12 - Conclusion
