1Nel principio Dio creò i cieli e la terra.2La terra era informe e vuota, le tenebre coprivano la faccia dell’abisso e lo Spirito di Dio aleggiava sulla superficie delle acque.3Dio disse: «Sia luce!» E luce fu.4Dio vide che la luce era buona; e Dio separò la luce dalle tenebre.5Dio chiamò la luce «giorno» e le tenebre «notte». Fu sera, poi fu mattina: primo giorno.6Poi Dio disse: «Vi sia una distesa tra le acque, che separi le acque dalle acque».7Dio fece la distesa e separò le acque che erano sotto la distesa dalle acque che erano sopra la distesa. E così fu.8Dio chiamò la distesa «cielo». Fu sera, poi fu mattina: secondo giorno.9Poi Dio disse: «Le acque che sono sotto il cielo siano raccolte in un unico luogo e appaia l’asciutto». E così fu.10Dio chiamò l’asciutto «terra», e chiamò la raccolta delle acque «mari». Dio vide che questo era buono.11Poi Dio disse: «Produca la terra della vegetazione, delle erbe che facciano seme e degli alberi fruttiferi che, secondo la loro specie, portino del frutto avente in sé la propria semenza, sulla terra». E così fu.12La terra produsse della vegetazione, delle erbe che facevano seme secondo la loro specie e degli alberi che portavano del frutto avente in sé la propria semenza, secondo la loro specie. Dio vide che questo era buono.13Fu sera, poi fu mattina: terzo giorno.14Poi Dio disse: «Vi siano delle luci nella distesa dei cieli per separare il giorno dalla notte; siano dei segni per le stagioni, per i giorni e per gli anni;15facciano luce nella distesa dei cieli per illuminare la terra». E così fu.16Dio fece le due grandi luci: la luce maggiore per presiedere al giorno e la luce minore per presiedere alla notte; e fece pure le stelle.17Dio le mise nella distesa dei cieli per illuminare la terra,18per presiedere al giorno e alla notte e separare la luce dalle tenebre. Dio vide che questo era buono.19Fu sera, poi fu mattina: quarto giorno.20Poi Dio disse: «Producano le acque in abbondanza esseri viventi, e volino degli uccelli sopra la terra per l’ampia distesa del cielo».21Dio creò i grandi animali acquatici e tutti gli esseri viventi che si muovono, e che le acque produssero in abbondanza secondo la loro specie, e ogni volatile secondo la sua specie. Dio vide che questo era buono.22Dio li benedisse dicendo: «Crescete, moltiplicatevi e riempite le acque dei mari, e si moltiplichino gli uccelli sulla terra».23Fu sera, poi fu mattina: quinto giorno.24Poi Dio disse: «Produca la terra animali viventi secondo la loro specie: bestiame, rettili e animali selvatici della terra, secondo la loro specie». E così fu.25Dio fece gli animali selvatici della terra secondo le loro specie, il bestiame secondo le sue specie e tutti i rettili della terra secondo le loro specie. Dio vide che questo era buono.
Creazione dell’uomo e della donna
26Poi Dio disse: «Facciamo l’uomo a nostra immagine, conforme alla nostra somiglianza, e abbiano dominio sui pesci del mare, sugli uccelli del cielo, sul bestiame, su tutta la terra e su tutti i rettili che strisciano sulla terra».27Dio creò l’uomo a sua immagine; lo creò a immagine di Dio; li creò maschio e femmina.28Dio li benedisse; e Dio disse loro: «Siate fecondi e moltiplicatevi; riempite la terra, rendetevela soggetta, dominate sui pesci del mare e sugli uccelli del cielo e sopra ogni animale che si muove sulla terra».29Dio disse: «Ecco, io vi do ogni erba che fa seme sulla superficie di tutta la terra, e ogni albero fruttifero che fa seme; questo vi servirà di nutrimento.30A ogni animale della terra, a ogni uccello del cielo e a tutto ciò che si muove sulla terra e ha in sé un soffio di vita, io do ogni erba verde per nutrimento». E così fu.31Dio vide tutto quello che aveva fatto, ed ecco, era molto buono. Fu sera, poi fu mattina: sesto giorno.
English Standard Version
The Creation of the World
1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.2The earth was without 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.3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.4And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.5God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.6And God said, “Let there be an expanse* in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”7And God made* the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.8And God called the expanse Heaven.* And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.9And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.10God called the dry land Earth,* and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.11And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants* yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.12The 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.13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,* and for days and years,15and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.17And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,18to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.20And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds* fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”21So God 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.22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”23And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.24And 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.25And 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.26Then God said, “Let us make man* in our image, after our likeness. And let 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.”27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.28And God blessed them. And God said to them, “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.”29And 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. You shall have them for food.30And to 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.31And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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