It Is Good (Part Ii)

Still, there were no sea creatures, no birds, no land creatures, And there was neither man nor woman; Yet, God saw that it was good. #11 Since there were no living creatures on the earth, God created the great whales and every living thing With which the water teems. He also said, "Let birds fly Above the earth in the open sky," and God saw that it was good Blessing them saying, "Be fruitful and multiply." And there were evening and morning- the fifth day. #12 Now, on the sixth day, God made the wild animals, the livestock And everything that creeps along the ground, each according to their kinds, And though God was not finished, He saw that it was good. #13 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image and in our likeness And let them rule... over all the earth." So God created man in His own image. In the image of God He created him; male and female he created them. #14 From the dust of the ground He formed man and breathed into his nostrils The breath of life, and the man became a living soul. #15 Later, causing a deep sleep to fall upon the man, God took out one of the man's Ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then with the rib, the Lord God made a Woman and brought her to the man. #16 He blessed them saying, "Be fruitful and multiply. Replenish the earht and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish... the fowl... and every living thing that moves upon the ground." #17 He also gave them every green plant for food, and it was so. #18 Then God saw all that He had made, And behold, it was very good. #19 So, He rested on the seventh day because He had finished the work He had been doing. #20