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9 Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what 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 called the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw that it 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 land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what 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 land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it 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 And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
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And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14 Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the 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 Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what 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 God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern 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 set these lights in the sky to light the earth,
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God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,
18 to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was 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 And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.
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And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
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