The Living World

14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for appointed times, and for days and years.”

15And let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth. And it was so.

16And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars.

17And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.

18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

19And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

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

21So God created the great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

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

25And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and the livestock according to their kinds, and every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.