Scriptures

New Living Translation (NLT)

Genesis 1
⁵ God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
⁶ Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.”
⁷ And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens.
⁸ God called the space “sky.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
⁹ Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened.
¹⁰ God called the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
¹¹ Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened.
¹² The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
¹³ And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
¹⁴ Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.
¹⁵ Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened.