
Genesis 1:1-2, 26-27 & 2:1-4
Easter Vigil – A Women’s Lectionary
1:1 In the beginningA when GodB createdC the heavensD and the earth,E
2 the earth wasF a formlessG voidH
and darknessI covered the faceJ of the deep,K
while a windL from God sweptM over the face of the waters.N
26 Then God said, “Let us makeO humankindP in our image,Q according to our likeness;R
and let them have dominionS over the fishT of the sea,U
and over the birdsV of the air,W and over the cattle,X and over allY the wild animals of the earth, and over everyZ creeping thingAA that creepsBB upon the earth.”
27 So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
maleCC and femaleDD he created them.
2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished,EE and all their multitude.FF
2 And on the seventhGG dayHH God finished the workII that he had done,JJ and he restedKK on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.
3 So God blessedLL the seventh day and hallowedMM it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.
4 These are the generationsNN of the heavens and the earth when they were created.
In the day that the LordOO God made the earth and the heavens,
Image credit: “Eve” by dominique boursier, 2011.