Genesis 1:17Bible in Basic English

Genesis 1:1

At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:2

And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:3

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Genesis 1:4

And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,

Genesis 1:5

Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.