In The Beginning Poem by Gert Strydom

In the beginning
God looked at the dark void
and His voice structured
the universe and the sun, moon,
stars and the earth appeared.

There was no more void
and the breath from God
went out as His voice
that cleft the waters
and the deep
and there was no more continual darkness
and light broke
the everlasting night
and the waters parted
and sky and land appeared.

God created plants and vegetation
and animals and all
living things,
but with His hands
God formed man
and his mate
and build them in His image
and gave some
of His own breath
to them
to make them living.