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Genesis 1

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1 In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth --
1 First this: God created the Heavens and Earth - all you see, all you don't see.
2 the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness [is] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,
2 Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
3 and God saith, `Let light be;' and light is.
3 God spoke: "Light!" And light appeared.
4 And God seeth the light that [it is] good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,
4 God saw that light was good and separated light from dark.
5 and God calleth to the light `Day,' and to the darkness He hath called `Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one.
5 God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning - Day One.
6 And God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'
6 God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!"
7 And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which [are] under the expanse, and the waters which [are] above the expanse: and it is so.
7 God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was:
8 And God calleth to the expanse `Heavens;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day second.
8 he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning - Day Two.
9 And God saith, `Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:' and it is so.
9 God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was.
10 And God calleth to the dry land `Earth,' and to the collection of the waters He hath called `Seas;' and God seeth that [it is] good.
10 God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
11 And God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed [is] in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so.
11 God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was.
12 And the earth bringeth forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed [is] in itself) after its kind; and God seeth that [it is] good;
12 Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good.
13 and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day third.
13 It was evening, it was morning - Day Three.
14 And God saith, `Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,
14 God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years,
15 and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:' and it is so.
15 Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.
16 And God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary -- and the stars -- for the rule of the night;
16 God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars.
17 and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,
17 God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up Earth
18 and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that [it is] good;
18 And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good.
19 and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day fourth.
19 It was evening, it was morning - Day Four.
20 And God saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'
20 God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!"
21 And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that [it is] good.
21 God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good.
22 And God blesseth them, saying, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and the fowl let multiply in the earth:'
22 God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!"
23 and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day fifth.
23 It was evening, it was morning - Day Five.
24 And God saith, `Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind:' and it is so.
24 God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals - all kinds." And there it was:
25 And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that [it is] good.
25 wild animals of every kind, Cattle of all kinds, every sort of reptile and bug. God saw that it was good.
26 And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'
26 God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth."
27 And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.
27 God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female.
28 And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'
28 God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth."
29 And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;
29 Then God said, "I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth And every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food.
30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which [is] breath of life, every green herb [is] for food:' and it is so.
30 To all animals and all birds, everything that moves and breathes, I give whatever grows out of the ground for food." And there it was.
31 And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth.
31 God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning - Day Six.
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