| Genesis 1:1, ESV | Go to verse Gen. 1:1, ESV |
| In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. |
| Genesis 1:2, ESV | Go to verse Gen. 1:2, ESV |
| The 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. |
| Genesis 1:3, ESV | Go to verse Gen. 1:3, ESV |
| And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. |
| Genesis 1:4, ESV | Go to verse Gen. 1:4, ESV |
| And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. |
| Genesis 1:5, ESV | Go to verse Gen. 1:5, ESV |
| God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. |