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9 God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.
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9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so.
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10 God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.
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10 God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.
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11 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.
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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.
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12 The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
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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.
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13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
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13 And there was evening, and there was morning--the third day.
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14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
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14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years,
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15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth," and it was so.
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15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so.
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16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
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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.
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17 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
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17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth,
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18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
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18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
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19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
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19 And there was evening, and there was morning--the fourth day.
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