Genesis 1
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CHAPTER 1
1In the beginning God made of nought heaven and earth.
2Forsooth the earth was idle and void, and darknesses were on the face of depth; and the Spirit of the Lord was borne on the waters [or the Spirit of God was borne upon the waters].
3And God said, Light be made, and the light was made.
4And God saw the light, that it was good, and he parted the light from darknesses;
5and he called the light, day, and the darknesses, night. And the eventide and the morrowtide was made, one day.
6And God said, The firmament be made in the midst of waters, and part waters from waters.
7And God made the firmament, and parted the waters that were under the firmament, from the waters that were on the firmament [or that were above the firmament]; and it was done so.
8And God called the firmament, heaven. And the eventide and the morrowtide was made, the second day.
9Forsooth God said, The waters, that be under heaven, be gathered into one place, and a dry place appear; and it was done so.
10And God called the dry place, earth; and he called the gatherings together of waters, the seas. And God saw that it was good;
11and said, The earth bring forth green herb, and making seed, and an apple tree making fruit by his kind, whose seed be in itself, on [the] earth; and it was done so.
12And the earth brought forth green herb and making seed by his kind, and a tree making fruit, and each having seed by his kind. And God saw that it was good.
13And the eventide and the morrowtide was made, the third day.
14Forsooth God said, Lights be made in the firmament of heaven, and part they the day and night; and be they into signs, and times, and days, and years;
15and shine those in the firmament of heaven, and lighten they the earth; and it was done so.
16And God made two great lights, the greater light that it should be before to the day, and the lesser light that it should be before to the night; and God made stars;
17and setted them in the firmament of heaven, that they should shine on [the] earth,
18and that they should be before to the day and [to the] night, and should part light and darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19And the eventide and the morrow-tide was made, the fourth day.
20Also God said, The waters bring forth a reptile, either a creeping beast, of living soul, and a volatile, either a bird flying above [the] earth, under the firmament of heaven.
21And God made of nought great whales, and each living soul and movable, which the waters have brought forth in their kinds; and God made of nought each volatile by his kind. And God saw that it was good;
22and blessed them, and said, Wax ye, and be ye multiplied, and fill ye the waters of the sea, and [the] birds be multiplied on [the] earth.
23And the eventide and the morrowtide was made, the fifth day.
24And God said, The earth bring forth a living soul in his kind, work beasts, and reptiles, either creeping beasts, and unreasonable beasts of [the] earth, by their kinds; and it was done so.
25And God made unreasonable beasts of the earth by their kinds, and work beasts, and each creeping beast of the earth in his kind. And God saw that it was good;
26and said, Make we man to our image and likeness, and be he sovereign to the fishes of the sea, and to the volatiles of heaven, and to [the] unreasonable beasts of [the] earth, and to each creature, and to each creeping beast or each reptile, which is moved in [the] earth.
27And God made of nought a man to his image and likeness; God made of nought a man, to the image of God; God made of nought them, male and female.
28And God blessed them, and said, Increase ye, and be ye multiplied, and fill ye the earth, and make ye it subject; and be ye lords to the fishes of the sea, and to [the] volatiles of heaven, and to all living beasts that be moved on [the] earth.
29And God said, Lo! I have given to you each herb bearing seed on [the] earth, and all trees that have in themselves the seed of their kind, that they be into meat to you;
30and to all living beasts of [the] earth, and to each bird of heaven, and to all things that be moved in [the] earth, and in which is a living soul, that they have to eat; and it was done so.
31And God saw all things which he made, and they were full good. And the eventide and the morrowtide was made, the sixth day.
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Genesis 1
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The Creation
1In the beginning # Jn 1:1–2 God created the heavens and the earth. # Heb 11:3; Rev 4:11 2The earth was formless and void, # Jer 4:23 # 1:2 Or a waste and emptiness. darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God # 1:2 Or wind of God like the parallel language in Ge 8:1. was moving # 1:2 Or hovering. over the surface of the water. # Ps 104:30
3God said, # Ps 33:6 “Let there be light,” and there was light. # 2Co 4:6 4God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. # Ps 74:16 So the evening and the morning were the first day.
6Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, # Job 37:18 and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7So God made the expanse and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. # Ps 148:4; Pr 8:28–29 And it was so. 8God called the expanse Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
9Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, # Jer 5:22; 2Pe 3:5 and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. Then God saw that it was good.
11Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: # Ps 104:14 # 1:11 Or grass. plants yielding seed and fruit trees on the earth yielding fruit after their kind with seed in them.” And it was so. 12The earth produced vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind and trees yielding fruit with seed in them after their kind. And God saw that it was good. 13So the evening and the morning were the third day.
14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, # Ps 74:16 and let them be signs to indicate seasons, and days, and years. # Ps 104:19; Isa 40:26; Jer 10:2 15Let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. # Job 38:7; Ps 8:3 17Then God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. # Jer 31:35 Then God saw that it was good. 19So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures and let the birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.” 21So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters swarmed, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” # Ge 1:28; 8:17 23So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24Then 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.” # Ge 6:20; 7:14 And it was so. 25So God made the beasts of the earth according to their kind, and the livestock according to their kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, # Ge 9:6; 1Co 11:7; Jas 3:9 and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27So God created man in His own image;
in the image of God He created him;
male and female He created them. # Mt 19:4; Mk 10:6
28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it. # Ge 9:1, 7 Rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
29And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is on the face of all the earth and every tree which has fruit yielding seed. It shall be food for you. # Ge 9:3; Ps 104:14–15 30To every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that creeps on the earth which has the breath of life in it, I have given every green plant for food.” # Ps 104:14; 147:9 And it was so.
31God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. # Ps 104:24; 1Ti 4:4 So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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