³ Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. ⁴ God saw that the light was good, so he ·divided [separated] the light from the darkness. ⁵ God ·named [called] the light “day” and the darkness “night.” ·Evening passed, and morning came [^LThere was evening and there was morning; ^Cin the OT a day begins at nightfall]. This was the first day.

⁶ Then God said, “Let there be ·something to divide the water in two [^La firmament/dome/expanse in the midst of the waters to separate/divide the waters from the waters].” ⁷ So God made the ·air [^Lfirmament; dome; expanse; ^Crain clouds] and placed some of the water above the ·air [^Lfirmament; dome; expanse] and some below it [^Creferring to the rain and the oceans, lakes, and rivers]. ⁸ God ·named [called] the ·air [^Lfirmament/dome/expanse] “·sky [heaven].” Evening passed, and morning came [1:5]. This was the second day.

⁹ Then God said, “Let the water under the ·sky [heavens] be gathered together so the dry land will appear.” And it happened. ¹⁰ God ·named [called] the dry land “earth” and [^Lhe called] the water that was gathered together “seas.” God saw that this was good.

¹¹ Then God said, “Let the earth produce ·plants [vegetation]—some to make grain for seeds and ·others to make fruits with seeds in them. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant [^Lfruit trees on earth bearing fruit according to its own kind/species that has seed in them].” And it happened. ¹² The earth ·produced [brought forth] plants with grain for seeds and trees that made fruits with seeds in them. ·Each seed grew its own kind of plant [^L…according to its kind/species]. God saw that all this was good. ¹³ Evening passed, and morning came [1:5]. This was the third day.

¹⁴ Then God said, “Let there be lights in the ·sky [^Lfirmament/dome/expanse of the heavens] to ·separate [divide] day from night. ·These lights will be used for [^LThey will be] signs, seasons, days, and years. ¹⁵ They will be in the ·sky [^Lfirmament/dome/expanse] to give light to the earth.” And it happened.

¹⁶ So God made the two ·large [great] lights. He made the ·brighter [^Lgreater] light to rule the day and made the ·smaller [lesser] light to rule the night. ·He also made the stars [^L…and the stars]. ¹⁷ God put all these in the sky to shine on the earth, ¹⁸ to rule over the day and over the night, and to ·separate [divide] the light from the darkness. God saw that all these things were good. ¹⁹ Evening passed, and morning came [1:5]. This was the fourth day.

²⁰ Then God said, “Let the water ·be filled with living things [^Lswarm with living creatures], and let birds fly in the ·air [^Lfirmament/dome/expanse] above the earth.”