3 And God said, ^c“Let there be light,” and there was light.

6 And God said, ^d“Let there be an expanse¹ in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

9 And God said, ^g“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for ⁱsigns and for ^jseasons,¹ and for days and years,

20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds¹ fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”

24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

26 Then God said, ^o“Let us make man¹ in our image, ^pafter our likeness. And ^qlet them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”