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Genesis 1

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1 In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God was hovering over the water.
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 Then God said, "Let there be light!" So there was light.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
4 God saw the light was good. So God separated the light from the darkness.
4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
5 God named the light day, and the darkness he named night. There was evening, then morning--the first day.
5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6 Then God said, "Let there be a horizon in the middle of the water in order to separate the water."
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”
7 So God made the horizon and separated the water above and below the horizon. And so it was.
7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.
8 God named [what was above] the horizon sky. There was evening, then morning--a second day.
8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9 Then God said, "Let the water under the sky come together in one area, and let the dry land appear." And so it was.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.
10 God named the dry land earth. The water which came together he named sea. God saw that it was good.
10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, "Let the earth produce vegetation: plants bearing seeds, each according to its own type, and fruit trees bearing fruit with seeds, each according to its own type." And so it was.
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.
12 The earth produced vegetation: plants bearing seeds, each according to its own type, and trees bearing fruit with seeds, each according to its own type. God saw that they were good.
12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
13 There was evening, then morning--a third day.
13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14 Then God said, "Let there be lights in the sky to separate the day from the night. They will be signs and will mark religious festivals, days, and years.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,
15 They will be lights in the sky to shine on the earth." And so it was.
15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.
16 God made the two bright lights: the larger light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
17 God put them in the sky to give light to the earth,
17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,
18 to dominate the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 There was evening, then morning--a fourth day.
19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
20 Then God said, "Let the water swarm with swimming creatures, and let birds fly through the sky over the earth."
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”
21 So God created the large sea creatures, every type of creature that swims around in the water and every type of flying bird. God saw that they were good.
21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
22 God blessed them and said, "Be fertile, increase in number, fill the sea, and let there be many birds on the earth."
22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”
23 There was evening, then morning--a fifth day.
23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
24 Then God said, "Let the earth produce every type of living creature: every type of domestic animal, crawling animal, and wild animal." And so it was.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.
25 God made every type of wild animal, every type of domestic animal, and every type of creature that crawls on the ground. God saw that they were good.
25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, "Let us make humans in our image, in our likeness. Let them rule the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the domestic animals all over the earth, and all the animals that crawl on the earth."
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created humans in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female.
27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said, "Be fertile, increase in number, fill the earth, and be its master. Rule the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that crawl on the earth."
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
29 God said, "I have given you every plant with seeds on the face of the earth and every tree that has fruit with seeds. This will be your food.
29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
30 I have given all green plants as food to every land animal, every bird in the sky, and every animal that crawls on the earth--every living, breathing animal." And so it was.
30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31 And God saw everything that he had made and that it was very good. There was evening, then morning--the sixth day.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
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