In the ^abeginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

起初，　神创造天地。

The earth was ^bwithout form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

地是空虚混沌，渊面黑暗；　神的灵运行在水面上。

And God said, ^c“Let there be light,” and there was light.

　神说：「要有光」，就有了光。

And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.

　神看光是好的，就把光暗分开了。

God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

　神称光为「昼」，称暗为「夜」。有晚上，有早晨，这是头一日。

And God said, ^d“Let there be an expanse ▼

▼Or  a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20

in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

　神说：「诸水之间要有空气，将水分为上下。」

And God made ▼

▼Or fashioned; also verse 16

the expanse and ^gseparated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were ^habove the expanse. And it was so.

　神就造出空气，将空气以下的水、空气以上的水分开了。事就这样成了。

And God called the expanse Heaven. ▼

▼Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1

And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

　神称空气为「天」。有晚上，有早晨，是第二日。

And God said, ^j“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

　神说：「天下的水要聚在一处，使旱地露出来。」事就这样成了。

God called the dry land Earth, ▼

▼Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1

and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

　神称旱地为「地」，称水的聚处为「海」。　神看著是好的。

And God said, ^l“Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants ▼

▼Or small plants; also verses 12, 29

yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.

　神说：「地要发生青草和结种子的菜蔬，并结果子的树木，各从其类，果子都包著核。」事就这样成了。

The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

于是地发生了青草和结种子的菜蔬，各从其类；并结果子的树木，各从其类；果子都包著核。　神看著是好的。

And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

有晚上，有早晨，是第三日。

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for ⁿsigns and for ^oseasons, ▼

▼Or appointed times

and for days and years,

　神说：「天上要有光体，可以分昼夜，作记号，定节令、日子、年岁，

and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.

并要发光在天空，普照在地上。」事就这样成了。

And God ^qmade the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.

于是　神造了两个大光，大的管昼，小的管夜，又造众星，

And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

就把这些光摆列在天空，普照在地上，

to ^rrule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

管理昼夜，分别明暗。　神看著是好的。

And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

有晚上，有早晨，是第四日。

And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds ▼

▼Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20

fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”

　神说：「水要多多滋生有生命的物；要有雀鸟飞在地面以上，天空之中（原文作天空的表面）。」

So ^tGod created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

　神就造出大鱼和水中所滋生各样有生命的动物，各从其类；又造出各样飞鸟，各从其类。　神看著是好的。

And God blessed them, saying, ^u“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

　神就赐福给这一切，说：「滋生繁多，充满海中的水；雀鸟也要多生在地上。」

And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

有晚上，有早晨，是第五日。

And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

　神说：「地要生出活物来，各从其类；牲畜、昆虫、野兽，各从其类。」事就这样成了。

And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

于是　神造出野兽，各从其类；牲畜，各从其类；地上一切昆虫，各从其类。　神看著是好的。

Then God said, ^v“Let us make man ▼

▼The Hebrew word for  man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam

in our image, ^xafter our likeness. And ^ylet them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

　神说：「我们要照著我们的形像、按著我们的样式造人，使他们管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟、地上的牲畜，和全地，并地上所爬的一切昆虫。」

So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
^zmale and female he created them.

　神就照著自己的形像造人，乃是照著他的形像造男造女。

And God blessed them. And God said to them, ^aa“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

　神就赐福给他们，又对他们说：「要生养众多，遍满地面，治理这地，也要管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟，和地上各样行动的活物。」

And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. ^abYou shall have them for food.

　神说：「看哪，我将遍地上一切结种子的菜蔬和一切树上所结有核的果子全赐给你们作食物。

And ^acto every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

至于地上的走兽和空中的飞鸟，并各样爬在地上有生命的物，我将青草赐给牠们作食物。」事就这样成了。

^adAnd God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

　神看著一切所造的都甚好。有晚上，有早晨，是第六日。