King James Version w/ Apocrypha KJVA
New International Version NIV
6 And God said , Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
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And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
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So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9 And God said , Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so.
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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 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he 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 And God said , Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
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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 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his 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 the evening and the morning were the third day.
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And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14 And God said , Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven 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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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 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
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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 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
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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.
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