Genesis 1 (NET)

Genesis 1:1¹In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:2²Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:3³God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:4⁴God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:5⁵God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:6⁶God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:7⁷So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:8⁸God called the expanse “sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:9⁹God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:10¹⁰God called the dry ground “land” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” God saw that it was good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:11¹¹God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds and trees on the land bearing fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds.” It was so.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:12¹²The land produced vegetation—plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:13¹³There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:14¹⁴God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:15¹⁵and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:16¹⁶God made two great lights —the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:17¹⁷God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:18¹⁸to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:19¹⁹There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:20²⁰God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:21²¹God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:22²²God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:23²³There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:24²⁴God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” It was so.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:25²⁵God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:26²⁶Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:27²⁷God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:28²⁸God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:29²⁹Then God said, “I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:30³⁰And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has living breath in it—I give every green plant for food.” It was so.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 1:31³¹God saw all that he had made—and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s