The Story of Creation

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now

the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the

surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the

waters.
3 
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw

that the light was good, and he separated the light from the

darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called

“night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first

day.
6 
And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to

separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and

separated the water under the vault from the water above

it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was

evening, and there was morning—the second day.

9 
And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one

place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the

dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And

God saw that it was good.

11 
Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing

plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it,

according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced

vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees

bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw
that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—

the third day.

14 
And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to

separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to

mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights

in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was

so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the

day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the

stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the

earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light

from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was

evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

20 
And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let

birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God

created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing

with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according

to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And

God saw that it was good. 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.” 23 And there was evening,

and there was morning—the fifth day.

24 
And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to

their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the

ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it
 was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the

livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that

move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw

that it was good.

26 
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our

likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds

in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all

the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 
So God created mankind in his own image,

    in the image of God he created them;

    male and female he created them.

28 
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in

number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea

and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on

the ground.”
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. 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 in it—I give every green

plant for food.” And it was so.

31 
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was

evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast

array.
2 
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing;

so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God

blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he

rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

Ang Kwento ng Paglikha

Nang pasimula ay nilikha ng Dios ang langit at ang lupa.

2 
At ang lupa ay walang anyo at walang laman; at ang kadiliman ay

sumasa ibabaw ng kalaliman; at ang Espiritu ng Dios ay sumasa ibabaw

ng tubig.
3 
At sinabi ng Dios Magkaroon ng liwanag; at nagkaroon ng liwanag.
4 
At nakita ng Dios ang liwanag na mabuti, at inihiwalay ng Dios ang

liwanag sa kadiliman.
5 
At tinawag ng Dios ang liwanag na Araw, at tinawag niya

ang kadiliman na Gabi. At nagkahapon at nagkaumaga ang unang Araw.

6 
At sinabi ng Dios, Magkaroon ng isang kalawakan sa gitna ng tubig,

at mahiwalay ang tubig sa kapuwa tubig.

7 
At ginawa ng Dios ang kalawakan, at inihiwalay ang tubig na nasa

ilalim ng kalawakan, sa tubig na nasa itaas ng kalawakan: at

nagkagayon.
8 
At tinawag ng Dios ang kalawakan na Langit. At nagkahapon at

nagkaumaga ang ikalawang araw.

9 
At sinabi ng Dios, Mapisan ang tubig na nasa silong ng langit sa isang

dako, at lumitaw ang katuyuan, at nagkagayon.

10 
At tinawag ng Dios ang katuyuan na Lupa, at ang kapisanan

ng tubig ay tinawag niyang mga Dagat: at nakita ng Dios na mabuti.

11 
At sinabi ng Dios, Sibulan ang lupa ng damo, pananim na

nagkakabinhi, at punong kahoy na namumunga ayon sa kaniyang

pagkakahoy, na taglay ang kaniyang binhi sa ibabaw ng lupa, at

nagkagayon.
12 
At ang lupa ay sinibulan ng damo, pananim na nagkakabinhi, ayon sa

kaniyang pagkapananim, at ng punong kahoy na namumunga, na taglay

ang kaniyang binhi, ayon sa kaniyang pagkakahoy, at nakita ng Dios

na mabuti.
13 
At nagkahapon at nagkaumaga ang ikatlong araw.
14 
At sinabi ng Dios, Magkaroon ng mga tanglaw

sa kalawakan ng langit upang maghiwalay ng araw sa gabi; at maging

pinakatanda, at pinakabahagi ng panahon, ng mga araw at ng mga

taon:
15 
At maging pinakatanglaw sa kalawakan ng langit, upang tumanglaw sa

ibabaw ng lupa: at nagkagayon.

16 
At nilikha ng Dios ang dalawang malaking tanglaw; ang malaking

tanglaw ay upang magpuno sa araw, at ang maliit na tanglaw ay upang

magpuno sa gabi: nilikha rin niya ang mga bituin.

17 
At mga inilagay ng Dios sa kalawakan ng langit, upang tumanglaw sa

ibabaw ng lupa,
18 
At upang magpuno sa araw at sa gabi, at upang maghiwalay ng

liwanag sa kadiliman: at nakita ng Dios na mabuti.

19 
At nagkahapon at nagkaumaga ang ikaapat na araw.
20 
At sinabi ng Dios, Bukalan ng sagana ang tubig ng mga gumagalaw na

kinapal na may buhay, at magsilipad ang mga ibon sa itaas ng lupa sa

luwal na kalawakan ng himpapawid.

21 
At nilikha ng Dios ang malalaking hayop sa dagat, at ang bawa't

may buhay na kinapal na gumagalaw, na ibinukal na sagana ng tubig,

ayon sa kanikaniyang uri at ang lahat na may pakpak na ibon, ayon sa

kanikaniyang uri: at nakita ng Dios na mabuti.

22 
At mga binasbasan ng Dios, na sinabi, Kayo'y magpalaanakin, at

magpakarami, at inyong punuin ang tubig sa mga dagat, at

magpakarami ang mga ibon sa lupa.

23 
At nagkahapon at nagkaumaga ang ikalimang araw.
24 
At sinabi ng Dios, Bukalan ang lupa ng mga may buhay na kinapal,

ayon sa kanikaniyang uri ng hayop at ng mga kinapal na umuusad, at ng

mga ganid sa lupa, ayon sa kanikaniyang uri: at nagkagayon.

25 
At nilikha ng Dios ang ganid sa lupa ayon sa kaniyang uri, at

ang hayop ayon sa kaniyang uri, at ang bawa't umuusad sa ibabaw

ng lupa ayon sa kanikaniyang uri: at nakita ng Dios na mabuti.

26 
At sinabi ng Dios, Lalangin natin ang tao sa ating larawan, ayon sa

ating wangis: at magkaroon sila ng kapangyarihan sa mga isda

sa dagat, at sa mga ibon sa himpapawid, at sa mga hayop, at sa

buong lupa, at sa bawa't umuusad, na nagsisiusad sa ibabaw ng lupa.

27 
At nilalang ng Dios ang tao ayon sa kaniyang sariling larawan, ayon

sa larawan ng Dios siya nilalang; nilalang niya sila na lalake at babae.

28 
At sila'y binasbasan ng Dios, at sa kanila'y sinabi ng Dios, Kayo'y

magpalaanakin, at magpakarami, at kalatan ninyo ang lupa, at inyong

supilin; at magkaroon kayo ng kapangyarihan sa mga isda sa dagat, at

sa mga ibon sa himpapawid, at sa bawa't hayop na gumagalaw sa

ibabaw ng lupa.
29 
At sinabi ng Dios, Narito, ibinigay ko sa inyo ang bawa't pananim na

nagkakabinhi, na nasa ibabaw ng balat ng lupa, at ang bawa't

punong kahoy na may bunga ng punong kahoy na nagkakabinhi; sa

inyo'y magiging pagkain:

30 
At sa bawa't hayop sa lupa, at sa bawa't ibon sa himpapawid; at sa

bawa't nagsisiusad sa ibabaw ng lupa na may buhay ay ibinigay ko ang

lahat na pananim na sariwa na pinakapagkain; at nagkagayon.

31 
At nakita ng Dios ang lahat ng kaniyang nilikha, at, narito,

napakabuti. At nagkahapon at nagkaumaga ang ikaanim na araw.

 
At nayari ang langit at ang lupa, at ang lahat na natatanaw sa mga

iyon.
2 
At nang ikapitong araw ay nayari ng Dios ang kaniyang gawang

ginawa; at nagpahinga ng ikapitong araw sa madlang gawa niyang

ginawa.
3 
At binasbasan ng Dios ang ikapitong araw at kaniyang ipinangilin,

sapagka't siyang ipinagpahinga ng Dios sa madlang gawang

kaniyang nilikha at ginawa.
4 
Ito ang pinangyarihan ng langit at ng lupa, nang likhain noong araw,

na gawin ng Panginoong Dios ang lupa't langit.