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Genesis 1

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1 First this: God created the Heavens and Earth - all you see, all you don't see.
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 God spoke: "Light!" And light appeared.
3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
4 God saw that light was good and separated light from dark.
4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
5 God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning - Day One.
5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
6 God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!"
6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
7 God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was:
7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.
8 he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning - Day Two.
8 And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
9 God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was.
9 And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
10 God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
10 God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
11 God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was.
11 And God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so.
12 Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good.
12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
13 It was evening, it was morning - Day Three.
13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14 God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years,
14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,
15 Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.
15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so.
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.
16 And God made the two great lights--the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night--and the stars.
17 God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up Earth
17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
18 And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good.
18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 It was evening, it was morning - Day Four.
19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
20 God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!"
20 And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens."
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.
21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
22 God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!"
22 And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
23 It was evening, it was morning - Day Five.
23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24 God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals - all kinds." And there it was:
24 And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds--livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so.
25 wild animals of every kind, Cattle of all kinds, every sort of reptile and bug. God saw that it was good.
25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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."
26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
27 God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
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."
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
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.
29 And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
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.
30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.
31 God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning - Day Six.
31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.