1   In the beginnyng ^note GOD created þe; heauen and the earth.

2   And the earth was without fourme, and was voyde: ∧ darknes [was] vpon the face of the ^note deepe, and the ^note spirite of God moued vpon the face of the waters.

3   And God sayde, let there be light: and there was light.

4   And God sawe the lyght that it was good: and God deuided the lyght from the darknes.

5   And God called the light day, and the darknes night: ^note and the euenyng ∧ the mornyng were the ^note first day.

6    ^noteAnd God said: ^note let there be a ^note firmament betwene the waters, and let it make a diuision betwene waters and waters.

7   And God made the ^note firmament, and set the diuision betwene the waters which [were] vnder the firmament, and the waters that [were] ^note aboue ^note the firmament: and it was so.

8   And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.

9    ^noteAnd God saide: ^note let the ^note waters vnder the heauen be gathered together into one place, and let the drye lande appeare: and it was so. B   

10   And God called the drie lande þe; earth, and the gatheryng together of waters called he the seas: and God sawe that it was good.

11   And God sayde: ^note let the earth bryng

The creation of man. foorth [both] budde and hearbe apt to seede, and fruitfull trees yeeldyng fruite after his kynde, which hath seede in it selfe vpon the earth: and it was so.

12   And the ^note earth brought forth [both] bud and hearbe apt to seede after his kynde, and tree yeeldyng fruite, whiche hath seede in it selfe, after his kynde.

13   And God sawe that it was good. And the euenyng and the mornyng were the thirde day.

14    ^noteAnd God sayde: ^note let there be lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they may deuide the day and the nyght, and let them be for ^note signes, ∧ seasons, and for dayes, and yeres.

15   And let them be for lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they maye geue light vp&obar; the earth: and it was so.

16   And God made two great lyghtes: a greater lyght to rule the day, and a lesse lyght to rule the nyght, and [he made] starres also.

17   And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, ^note to shyne vpon the earth,

18   And to ^note rule the day and nyght, and to make difference betweene the lyght and the darknesse: and God saw that it was good.

19   And the euenyng and the mornyng were the fourth day.

20    ^noteAnd God sayde: let the waters bryng foorth mouyng creature that hath lyfe, and foule that may flee vpon the earth in the open firmament of heauen.

21   And God created great whales, and euery lyuyng ∧ mouing creature, which the waters brought foorth after theyr kynde, ∧ euery fethered foule after their kynde: and God saw that it was good.

22   And God ^note blessed them, saying: Be fruiteful, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sea, and let foule multiplie The creation of man. in the earth.

23   And the euenyng and mornyng were the fift day.

24    ^noteAnd God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth lyuyng creature after his kynde, cattell, worme, and beastes of the earth after his kynde: and it was so.

25   God made the beast of the earth after his kynde, and cattell after his kynde, and euery thyng that creepeth vpon the earth after his kynde: and God sawe that it was good.

26    ^noteGod saide: ^note let vs make man in ^note our image, after our lykenesse, and let them haue rule of the fisshe of the sea, ∧ of the foule of the ayre, and of cattell, ∧ of all the earth, and of euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth.

27   So God created man in his ^note owne image, in the image of God created he him, ^note male and female created he them.

28   And God blessed ^note them, and God sayde vnto them: be fruitefull, ∧ multiplie, and replenishe the earth, ∧ subdue it, and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea, and foule of the ayre, ∧ of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth.

29   And God sayde: beholde, I haue geuen you euery ^note hearbe bearing seede, which is in the vpper face of all þe; earth, and euery tree in the which is the fruite of a tree bearing seede, ^note [that] they may be meate vnto you:

30   To euery beast of the earth also, and to euery birde of the aire, and to euery such thing that creepeth vpon þe; earth, which doth ^note liue, I haue geuen euery greene hearbe for meate: and it was so.

31    ^noteAnd God sawe euery thyng that he had made: and beholde, it was exceedyng good. And the euenyng ∧ the mornyng were the sixth day.

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