Genesis 1 - New International Version (NIV)

The Beginning

1 In the beginning(A) God created(B) the heavens(C) and the earth.(D) 2 Now the earth was formless(E) and empty,(F) darkness was over the surface of the deep,(G) and the Spirit of God(H) was hovering(I) over the waters.

3 And God said,(J) “Let there be light,” and there was light.(K) 4 God saw that the light was good,(L) and he separated the light from the darkness.(M) 5 God called(N) the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”(O) And there was evening, and there was morning(P)—the first day.

6 And God said,(Q) “Let there be a vault(R) between the waters(S) to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.(T) And it was so.(U) 8 God called(V) the vault “sky.”(W) And there was evening, and there was morning(X)—the second day.

9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,(Y) and let dry ground(Z) appear.” And it was so.(AA) 10 God called(AB) the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters(AC) he called “seas.”(AD) And God saw that it was good.(AE)

11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:(AF) seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.(AG)” And it was so.(AH) 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds(AI) and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.(AJ) 13 And there was evening, and there was morning(AK)—the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights(AL) in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night,(AM) and let them serve as signs(AN) to mark sacred times,(AO) and days and years,(AP) 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.(AQ) 16 God made two great lights—the greater light(AR) to govern(AS) the day and the lesser light to govern(AT) the night.(AU) He also made the stars.(AV) 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night,(AW) and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.(AX) 19 And there was evening, and there was morning(AY)—the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,(AZ) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”(BA) 21 So God created(BB) the great creatures of the sea(BC) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,(BD) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.(BE) And God saw that it was good.(BF) 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.”(BG) 23 And there was evening, and there was morning(BH)—the fifth day.

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures(BI) according to their kinds:(BJ) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.(BK) 25 God made the wild animals(BL) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.(BM) And God saw that it was good.(BN)

26 Then God said, “Let us(BO) make mankind(BP) in our image,(BQ) in our likeness,(BR) so that they may rule(BS) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,(BT) over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 So God created(BU) mankind(BV) in his own image,(BW)
in the image of God(BX) he created them;
male and female(BY) he created them.(BZ)

28 God blessed them and said to them,(CA) “Be fruitful and increase in number;(CB) fill the earth(CC) and subdue it. Rule over(CD) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.(CE)”

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.(CF) 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life(CG) in it—I give every green plant for food.(CH)” And it was so.

31 God saw all that he had made,(CI) and it was very good.(CJ) And there was evening, and there was morning(CK)—the sixth day.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth

Cross references

  1. Genesis 1:1 : Ps 102:25; Pr 8:23; Isa 40:21; 41:4, 26; Jn 1:1-2
  2. Genesis 1:1 : ver 21, 27; Ge 2:3
  3. Genesis 1:1 : ver 6; Ne 9:6; Job 9:8; 37:18; Ps 96:5; 104:2; 115:15; 121:2; 136:5; Isa 40:22; 42:5; 51:13; Jer 10:12; 51:15
  4. Genesis 1:1 : Ge 14:19; 2Ki 19:15; Ne 9:6; Job 38:4; Ps 90:2; 136:6; 146:6; Isa 37:16; 40:28; 42:5; 44:24; 45:12, 18; Jer 27:5; 32:17; Ac 14:15; 17:24; Eph 3:9; Col 1:16; Heb 3:4; 11:3; Rev 4:11; 10:6
  5. Genesis 1:2 : Isa 23:1; 24:10; 27:10; 32:14; 34:11
  6. Genesis 1:2 : Isa 45:18; Jer 4:23
  7. Genesis 1:2 : Ge 8:2; Job 7:12; 26:8; 38:9; Ps 36:6; 42:7; 104:6; 107:24; Pr 30:4
  8. Genesis 1:2 : Ge 2:7; Job 33:4; Ps 104:30; Isa 32:15
  9. Genesis 1:2 : Dt 32:11; Isa 31:5
  10. Genesis 1:3 : ver 6; Ps 33:6, 9; 148:5; Heb 11:3
  11. Genesis 1:3 : 2Co 4:6*; 1Jn 1:5-7
  12. Genesis 1:4 : ver 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31; Ps 104:31; 119:68; Jer 31:35
  13. Genesis 1:4 : ver 14; Ex 10:21-23; Job 26:10; 38:19; Ps 18:28; 104:20; 105:28; Isa 42:16; 45:7
  14. Genesis 1:5 : ver 8, 10; Ge 2:19, 23
  15. Genesis 1:5 : Ps 74:16
  16. Genesis 1:5 : ver 8, 13, 19, 23, 31
  17. Genesis 1:6 : S ver 3
  18. Genesis 1:6 : S ver 1; Isa 44:24; 2Pe 3:5
  19. Genesis 1:6 : ver 9; Ps 24:2; 136:6
  20. Genesis 1:7 : Ge 7:11; Job 26:10; 38:8-11, 16; Ps 68:33; 148:4; Pr 8:28
  21. Genesis 1:7 : ver 9, 11, 15, 24
  22. Genesis 1:8 : S ver 5
  23. Genesis 1:8 : Job 9:8; 37:18; Ps 19:1; 104:2; Isa 40:22; 44:24; 45:12; Jer 10:12; Zec 12:1
  24. Genesis 1:8 : S ver 5
  25. Genesis 1:9 : Job 38:8-11; Ps 33:7; 104:6-9; Pr 8:29; Jer 5:22; 2Pe 3:5
  26. Genesis 1:9 : Ps 95:5; Jnh 1:9; Hag 2:6
  27. Genesis 1:9 : S ver 7
  28. Genesis 1:10 : S ver 5
  29. Genesis 1:10 : Ps 33:7
  30. Genesis 1:10 : Job 38:8; Ps 90:2; 95:5
  31. Genesis 1:10 : S ver 4
  32. Genesis 1:11 : Ps 65:9-13; 104:14
  33. Genesis 1:11 : ver 12, 21, 24, 25; Ge 2:5; 6:20; 7:14; Lev 11:14, 19, 22; Dt 14:13, 18; 1Co 15:38
  34. Genesis 1:11 : S ver 7
  35. Genesis 1:12 : S ver 11
  36. Genesis 1:12 : S ver 4
  37. Genesis 1:13 : S ver 5
  38. Genesis 1:14 : Ps 74:16; 136:7
  39. Genesis 1:14 : S ver 4
  40. Genesis 1:14 : Jer 10:2
  41. Genesis 1:14 : Ps 104:19
  42. Genesis 1:14 : Ge 8:22; Jer 31:35-36; 33:20, 25
  43. Genesis 1:15 : S ver 7
  44. Genesis 1:16 : Dt 17:3; Job 31:26; Jer 43:13; Eze 8:16
  45. Genesis 1:16 : Ps 136:8
  46. Genesis 1:16 : Ps 136:9
  47. Genesis 1:16 : Job 38:33; Ps 74:16; 104:19; Jer 31:35; Jas 1:17
  48. Genesis 1:16 : Dt 4:19; Job 9:9; 38:7, 31-32; Ps 8:3; 33:6; Ecc 12:2; Isa 40:26; Jer 8:2; Am 5:8
  49. Genesis 1:18 : Jer 33:20, 25
  50. Genesis 1:18 : S ver 4
  51. Genesis 1:19 : S ver 5
  52. Genesis 1:20 : Ps 146:6
  53. Genesis 1:20 : Ge 2:19
  54. Genesis 1:21 : S ver 1
  55. Genesis 1:21 : Job 3:8; 7:12; Ps 74:13; 148:7; Isa 27:1; Eze 32:2
  56. Genesis 1:21 : Ps 104:25-26
  57. Genesis 1:21 : S ver 11
  58. Genesis 1:21 : S ver 4
  59. Genesis 1:22 : ver 28; Ge 8:17; 9:1, 7, 19; 47:27; Lev 26:9; Eze 36:11
  60. Genesis 1:23 : S ver 5
  61. Genesis 1:24 : Ge 2:19
  62. Genesis 1:24 : S ver 11
  63. Genesis 1:24 : S ver 7
  64. Genesis 1:25 : Ge 7:21-22; Jer 27:5
  65. Genesis 1:25 : S ver 11
  66. Genesis 1:25 : S ver 4
  67. Genesis 1:26 : Ge 3:5, 22; 11:7; Ps 100:3; Isa 6:8
  68. Genesis 1:26 : Isa 45:18
  69. Genesis 1:26 : ver 27; Ge 5:3; 9:6; Ps 8:5; 82:6; 89:6; 1Co 11:7; 2Co 4:4; Col 1:15; 3:10; Jas 3:9
  70. Genesis 1:26 : Ac 17:28-29
  71. Genesis 1:26 : Ge 9:2; Ps 8:6-8
  72. Genesis 1:26 : Ps 8:8
  73. Genesis 1:27 : S ver 1
  74. Genesis 1:27 : Ge 2:7; Ps 103:14; 119:73
  75. Genesis 1:27 : S ver 26
  76. Genesis 1:27 : Ge 5:1
  77. Genesis 1:27 : Ge 5:2; Mt 19:4*; Mk 10:6*; Gal 3:28
  78. Genesis 1:27 : Dt 4:32
  79. Genesis 1:28 : Ge 33:5; Jos 24:3; Ps 113:9; 127:3, 5
  80. Genesis 1:28 : S Ge 17:6
  81. Genesis 1:28 : S ver 22; Ge 6:1; Ac 17:26
  82. Genesis 1:28 : ver 26; Ps 115:16
  83. Genesis 1:28 : Ps 8:6-8
  84. Genesis 1:29 : Ge 9:3; Dt 12:15; Ps 104:14; 1Ti 4:3
  85. Genesis 1:30 : Ge 2:7; 7:22
  86. Genesis 1:30 : Job 38:41; Ps 78:25; 104:14, 27; 111:5; 136:25; 145:15; 147:9
  87. Genesis 1:31 : Ps 104:24; 136:5; Pr 3:19; Jer 10:12
  88. Genesis 1:31 : S ver 4; 1Ti 4:4
  89. Genesis 1:31 : S ver 5

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