上帝的创造　
　　太初，上帝创造天地。[注解]　大地混沌，还没有成形。深渊一片黑暗；上帝的灵运行在水面上。[注解]　上帝命令∶“要有光。”光就出现。上帝看光是好的，就把光和暗分开，称光为“昼”，称暗为“夜”。晚间过去，清晨来临；这是第一天。
　　上帝又命令∶“在众水之间要有穹苍，把水上下分开。”一切就照着他的命令完成。于是上帝创造了穹苍，把水上下分开。他称穹苍为“天空”。晚间过去，清晨来临；这是第二天。
　　上帝又命令∶“天空下面的水要汇集在一处，好使大地出现。”一切就照着他的命令完成。上帝称大地为“陆”，汇集在一起的水为“海”。上帝看陆地和海洋是好的。接着，上帝命令∶“陆地要生长各种各类的植物，有产五谷的，也有结果子的。”一切就照着他的命令完成。于是陆地生长了各种各类的植物，有产五谷的，有结果子的。上帝看这些植物是好的。晚间过去，清晨来临；这是第三天。
　　上帝又命令∶“天空要有光体来分别昼夜，作为划分年、日，和季节的记号，[注解]　并且在天空发光照亮大地。”一切就照着他的命令完成。于是上帝创造了两个大光体：太阳支配白天；月亮管理黑夜。他又造了星星。他把光体安置在天空，好照亮大地，支配昼夜，隔开光和暗。上帝看光体是好的。晚间过去，清晨来临；这是第四天。
　　上帝命令∶“水里要繁殖多种动物；天空要有多种飞鸟。”于是上帝创造了巨大的海兽、水里的各种各类动物，和天空的各种各类飞鸟。上帝看这些动物是好的。他赐福给这些动物，叫鱼类在海洋繁殖，叫飞鸟在地上增多。晚间过去，清晨来临；这是第五天。
　　上帝又命令∶“大地要繁殖各种各类动物∶牲畜、野兽、爬虫。”一切就照着他的命令完成。于是上帝创造了地上各种各类的动物。上帝看这些动物是好的。
　　接着，上帝说∶“我们要照着自己的形像，自己的样式造人，让他们管理鱼类、鸟类，和一切牲畜、野兽、爬虫等各种动物。”[注解]　于是上帝照自己的形像创造了人。他造了他们，有男，有女。[注解]　上帝赐福给他们，说∶“要生养众多，使你们的后代遍满世界，控制大地。我要你们管理鱼类、鸟类，和所有的动物。我供给五谷和各种果子作你们的食物。但是所有的动物和鸟类，我给它们青草和蔬菜吃。”一切就照着他的命令完成。上帝看他所创造的一切都很好。晚间过去，清晨来临；这是第六天。

　　The Story of Creation　
　　In the beginning, when God created the universe, [注解]　the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God was moving over the water. [注解]　Then God commanded, "Let there be light"-and light appeared. [注解]　God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness, and he named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening passed and morning came-that was the first day.
　　Then God commanded, "Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places"-and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it. [注解]　He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came-that was the second day.
　　Then God commanded, "Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear"-and it was done. He named the land "Earth," and the water which had come together he named "Sea." And God was pleased with what he saw. Then he commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit"-and it was done. So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw. Evening passed and morning came-that was the third day.
　　Then God commanded, "Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin; [注解]　they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth"-and it was done. So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars. He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the earth, to rule over the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God was pleased with what he saw. Evening passed and morning came-that was the fourth day.
　　Then God commanded, "Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds." So God created the great sea monsters, all kinds of creatures that live in the water, and all kinds of birds. And God was pleased with what he saw. He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number. Evening passed and morning came-that was the fifth day.
　　Then God commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small"-and it was done. So God made them all, and he was pleased with what he saw.
　　Then God said, "And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small." [注解]　So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female, [注解]　blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals. I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat; but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food"-and it was done. God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came-that was the sixth day.