1:1 起初神创造天地。 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

1:2 地是空虚混沌。渊面黑暗。神的灵运行在水面上。 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

1:3 神说，要有光，就有了光。 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

1:4 神看光是好的，就把光暗分开了。 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

1:5 神称光为昼，称暗为夜。有晚上，有早晨，这是头一日。 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

1:6 神说，诸水之间要有空气，将水分为上下。 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

1:7 神就造出空气，将空气以下的水，空气以上的水分开了。事就这样成了。
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmamentfrom the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

1:8 神称空气为天。有晚上，有早晨，这是第二日。 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

1:9 神说，天下的水要聚在一处，使旱地露出来。事就这样成了。 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

1:10 神称旱地为地，称水的聚处为海。神看是好 的。 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.