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N the beginning God created ∴the heavens and ∴the earth.

Now the earth was without form, and chaotic; and there was darkness upon the face of the deep, when the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Then God said: There shall be light: and there was light.

And God perceived ∴the light that it was good, and God separated between the light and between the darkness: and God proclaimed unto the light—Day: and unto the darkness proclaimed He—Night: and the evening with the morning were the ﬁrst day.

And God said: There shall be an expanse between the waters; and let it divide between the waters above from the waters below: [and it was so.] And God made ∴the expanse which divided between the waters which were under the expanse from between the waters which were over the expanse: [and it was so.]  Then God proclaimed unto the expanse—Heavens: and the evening with the morning were the second day.

And God said: The waters under the heaven shall be gathered together unto one place: and the dry ground shall then appear: and it was so [for the waters were gathered from under the heavens unto their place appointed and the dry ground appeared]. And God proclaimed unto the dry ground—Earth: and unto the gathering together of the waters proclaimed He—Seas: and God saw that they were good.

And God said: The earth shall bring forth tender grass, the herbage diffusing seed [after is kind], and the fruit-tree producing fruit according to his kind, whose seed is within itself upon the ground: and it was so.

Then the earth put forth grass, the herbage diffusing seed according to its kind, and the tree yielding fruit whose seed is within itself according to his kind: and God saw that they were good: and the evening with the morning were the third day.

And God said: There shall be light-bearers in the expanse of the heavens, to separate between the day and between the night; and they shall be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years: and they shall be for light-bearers in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made ∴two great light-bearers; ∴the greater light-bearer to govern the day, and ∴the lesser light-bearer to govern the night together with ∴the stars. And God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth; and to govern through the day and through the night, and to separate between the light and between the darkness. And God saw that they were good: and the evening with the morning were the fourth day.

And God said: The waters shall produce abundantly the reptile having 'life, and ﬂying creatures which shall fly over the earth towards the face of the expanse of the heavens: [and it was so.]

And God created ∴great whales, together with ∴every living creature which moveth, of that which the waters produced abundantly, according to their kind, and flying creatures of ∴every wing after his kind: and God saw that they were good. And God blessed them, saying: Be fruitful and multiply, and fill ∴the waters in the seas; and the flying creatures shall multiply on the earth.

And the evening with the morning were the ﬁfth day.

And God said: The earth shall bring forth the living creature after its kind; of cattle, and of moving creature, and of beast of the forest, after his kind: and it was so. And God made the ∴beast of the forest after his kind, and ∴the cattle after their kind, together with ∴every creature that moveth upon the earth after his kind. And God saw that they were good.