GENESIS Chapter 1
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1:1 In the
beginning, when God created the universe, |
1:2 the earth was
formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed
in total darkness, and the Spirit of God was moving over the water. |
1:3 Then God
commanded, "Let there be light"---and light appeared. |
1:4 God was
pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness, |
1:5 and he named
the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening passed
and morning came---that was the first day. |
1:6
Then God
commanded, "Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in
two separate places"---and it was done. So God made a dome, and it
separated the water under it from the water above it. |
1:7 (SEE 1:6)
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1:8 He named the
dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came---that was the second
day. |
1:9
Then God
commanded, "Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so
that the land will appear"---and it was done. |
1:10 He named the
land "Earth," and the water which had come together he named
"Sea." And God was pleased with what he saw. |
1:11 Then he
commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear
grain and those that bear fruit"---and it was done. |
1:12 So the earth
produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw. |
1:13 Evening passed
and morning came---that was the third day. |
1:14 Then God
commanded, "Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and
to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin; |
1:15 they will
shine in the sky to give light to the earth"---and it was done. |
1:16 So God made
the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over
the night; he also made the stars. |
1:17 He placed the
lights in the sky to shine on the earth, |
1:18 to rule over
the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God was
pleased with what he saw. |
1:19 Evening passed
and morning came---that was the fourth day. |
1:20 Then God
commanded, "Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings,
and let the air be filled with birds." |
1:21 So God created
the great sea monsters, all kinds of creatures that live in the water, and
all kinds of birds. And God was pleased with what he saw. |
1:22 He blessed
them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to
fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number. |
1:23 Evening passed
and morning came---that was the fifth day. |
1:24 Then God
commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and
wild, large and small"---and it was done. |
1:25 So God made
them all, and he was pleased with what he saw. |
1:26 Then God said,
"And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble
us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic
and wild, large and small." |
1:27 So God created
human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and
female, |
1:28 blessed them,
and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all
over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge
of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals. |
1:29 I have
provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat; |
1:30 but for all
the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants
for food"---and it was done. |
1:31 God looked at
everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning
came---that was the sixth day. |
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