Genesis 1 for Pidgin: Read how God take create heaven, earth, light, animals, and human being from beginning till seventh day.
📖 Genesis 1:1-31 in Pidgin English
1. In di beginning, God create heaven and earth.
2. Di earth bin empty, darkness full everywhere, and water full ground. But God's Spirit dey move on top di water.
3. God talk say, “Make light dey!” And light come appear.
4. God see say di light good, so e separate di light from darkness.
5. God call di light “Day” and di darkness “Night.” Evening and morning come — dat na di first day.
6. God talk again, “Make space dey between water, to divide water from water.”
7. God make di space and divide di water wey dey under from di one wey dey up.
8. God call di space “Sky.” Evening and morning come — second day don end.
9. God talk say, “Make all di water gather for one place, make dry land show.” And e happen so.
10. God call di dry ground “Land” and di water “Sea.” And God see say everything good.
11. God talk again, “Make di land grow grass, plant wey dey produce seed, and tree wey dey bear fruit with seed inside.” And e happen so.
12. Di land grow green grass, plants with seed, and fruit trees. God see say e good.
13. Evening and morning come — third day don end.
14. God talk say, “Make lights dey for sky to divide day from night, and make dem show season, day, and year.”
15. “Make dem shine light for earth.” And e happen.
16. God make two big lights: one big one to rule day (sun), and smaller one to rule night (moon), plus stars.
17. God put dem for sky to shine light for earth,
18. To rule day and night, and divide light from darkness. God see say e good.
19. Evening and morning come — fourth day don end.
20. God talk say, “Make water full with fish and swimming creatures, and make birds fly for sky.”
21. So God create all sea animals, big and small, and all kinds of birds. E bless dem make dem multiply.
22. God bless dem say, “Make una born plenty and full di water and sky.”
23. Evening and morning come — fifth day don end.
24. God talk say, “Make land produce animals — wild, domestic, and crawling things.” And so e happen.
25. God make all kinds of animals — big, small, and crawling. God see say everything good.
26. God come talk, “Make we make human being to resemble us, make dem rule fish, birds, animals, and all earth.”
27. So God create man in Him own image, man and woman e create dem.
28. God bless dem say, “Make una born plenty children, full di earth, and control am. Rule fish, birds, and every animal.”
29. God talk say, “See, I don give una all plants and fruits with seeds to chop.”
30. “I give green plants to all animals and birds as food.” And everything happen as God talk.
31. God see everything wey e create, and e see say e very good. Evening and morning come — sixth day don end.
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