Day One (paired spaces, soil, and light)
In a beginning God created the paired spaces and the soil
(the raw materials of the universe).
The soil was formless, barren, and utterly dark on the surfaces of its vast depths, but
the Spirit of God was soaring over the surface of the fluids.
God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God observed that the light was excellent, and He separated the light and the dark.
God defined 'day' as a period of light and he defined 'night' as a period of dark.
There was evening, and there was morning, one day.
Second Day (expand and spread out)
God said, "Let there be an expanse within the fluids, and let it be separating the fluids from the fluids."
God made the expanse and separated the fluids below the expanse (that will become Planet Earth)
from the fluids above the expanse (that will become stars, planets, etc.) and it was as designed.
God defined 'paired spaces' as the expanse.
There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
Third Day (Planet Earth and plants)
God said, "Let the waters below the paired spaces be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was as designed.
God defined 'soil' as the dry land and 'seas' as the collected waters; and God observed that it was excellent.
God said, "Let the land sprout vegetation, plants producing seeds, and trees bearing fruit with seeds, each reproducing
its own family of seeds on the land," and it was as designed.
The land responded with vegetation, plants producing seeds of their own family, and trees bearing fruit
with seeds of their own family, and God observed that it was excellent.
There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.
Fourth Day (Sun, Moon, and stars)
God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of paired spaces to separate the day and the night, and let them be for
signs, seasons, days, and years. Let them be lights in the expanse of paired spaces to give light on the land," and it was as designed.
God made the two great lights - the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night - and the stars.
God appointed them in the expanse of paired spaces to give light on the land, to rule over the day and night, and to
separate the periods of light and dark; and God observed that it was excellent.
There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.
Fifth Day (sea animals and birds)
God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures and let birds fly above the land in the boundary of the
expanse of paired spaces." God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, abounding in the waters in
their families, and every winged bird in their families (each family would produce many species); and God observed that it was excellent.
God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the land."
There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.
Sixth Day (land animals and humans)
God said, "Let the land bring forth living creatures in their families: domestic animals, creeping things, and beasts of the land
in their families," and it was as designed. God made the beasts of the land in their families, domestic animals in their families,
and everything that creeps on the ground in their families; and God observed that it was excellent.
God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness. Let them oversee the fish of the sea, the birds of the air,
the domestic animals, all the land, and every creeping thing on the land." Then God created mankind in his own image;
in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them and God said to them,
"Be fruitful and multiply, fill the land and cultivate it; oversee the fish of the sea, the birds of the air,
and every living creature that moves on the land."
God said, "See, I have given you every plant producing seeds that is on the surface of all the land, and every tree whose fruit has seeds;
you shall have them for food. To every animal of the land, every bird of the air, and everything that creeps on the land -
everything with the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food," and it was as designed.
God observed everything that He had made - it was perfect. There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
The Conclusion (a pause to be completed later)
Thus the paired spaces and the land and everything filling them were finished. God finished on the seventh day His work that He did,
and He paused on the seventh day from all His work that He did. God blessed the seventh day and set it apart because on it
He paused from all His work - all He had created to make.
This is the account of the paired spaces and soil when they were created.