1 In the ^abeginning ^bGod created the heavens and the earth.  ‡

2 The earth was ^awithout form, and void; and darkness¹ was on the face of the deep. ^bAnd the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.  ‡

3 ^aThen God said, ^b“Let there be ^clight”; and there was light.  ‡

4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 God called the light Day, and the ^adarkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.  ‡

6 Then God said, ^a“Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”  ‡

7 Thus God made the firmament, ^aand divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were ^babove the firmament; and it was so.  ‡

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.