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9 Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry land will appear." And it happened.
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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" and the water that was gathered together "seas." God saw that this was good.
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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 plants -- some to make grain for seeds and others to make fruits with seeds in them. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant." And it happened.
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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 plants with grain for seeds and trees that made fruits with seeds in them. Each seed grew its own kind of plant. God saw that all this was good.
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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 Evening passed, and morning came. This was the third day.
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And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14 Then God said, "Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night. These lights will be used for signs, seasons, days, and years.
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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 in the sky to give light to the earth." And it happened.
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and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.
16 So God made the two large lights. He made the brighter light to rule the day and made the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
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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 all these in the sky to shine on the earth,
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God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,
18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that all these things were good.
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to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fourth day.
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And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
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