The Creation
"In
the beginning God[2] created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon
the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the
face of the waters."[3] God makes the first day and night;
the "firmament" separating "the waters which were
under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament;" dry land and seas and plants and trees which grew
fruit with seed; the sun, moon and stars in the firmament give light upon the earth; creates air-breathing sea creatures and birds; and on the sixth day, makes "the beasts of the earth according
to their kinds." "Then God said, Let us make man[4] in
our image ... in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."[5
On the Sabbath (or seventh) day God rests from the task of completing
the heavens and the earth: "So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all his work
which he had done in creation."[6