Genesis 1
1
The Story of Creation
1In the beginning, when God created the universe,#1.1 In the beginning… the universe; or In the beginning God created the universe; or When God began to create the universe. 2the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God#1.2 the Spirit of God; or the power of God; or a wind from God; or an awesome wind. was moving over the water. 3#2 Cor 4.6Then God commanded, “Let there be light” — and light appeared. 4God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness, 5and he named the light “Day” and the darkness “Night”. Evening passed and morning came — that was the first day.
6-7 # 2 Pet 3.5 Then God commanded, “Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places” — and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it. 8He named the dome “Sky”. Evening passed and morning came — that was the second day.
9Then God commanded, “Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear” — and it was done. 10He named the land “Earth”, and the water which had come together he named “Sea”. And God was pleased with what he saw. 11Then he commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit” — and it was done. 12So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw. 13Evening passed and morning came — that was the third day.
14Then God commanded, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals#1.14 religious festivals; or seasons. begin; 15they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth” — and it was done. 16So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars. 17He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the earth, 18to rule over the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God was pleased with what he saw. 19Evening passed and morning came — that was the fourth day.
20Then God commanded, “Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds.” 21So God created the great sea monsters, all kinds of creatures that live in the water, and all kinds of birds. And God was pleased with what he saw. 22He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce, and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number. 23Evening passed and morning came — that was the fifth day.
24Then God commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small” — and it was done. 25So God made them all, and he was pleased with what he saw.
26 # 1 Cor 11.7 Then God said, “And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild,#1.26 One ancient translation animals, domestic and wild; Hebrew domestic animals and all the earth. large and small.” 27#Mt 19.4; Mk 10.6 #Gen 5.1–2So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female, 28blessed them, and said, “Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals. 29I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat; 30but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food” — and it was done. 31God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came — that was the sixth day.
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Genesis 1
1
The Creation
1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2And the earth was a #1:2 Or wasteformless and desolate emptiness, and darkness was over the #1:2 Lit face ofsurface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the #1:2 Lit face ofsurface of the waters. 3Then God said, “#1:3 I.e., a command, not a request; and so throughout the chLet there be light”; and there was light. 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.” And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
6Then God said, “Let there be #1:6 Or a firmament; i.e., atmosphere and spacean expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7God made the #1:7 Or firmamentexpanse, and separated the waters that were below the #1:7 Or firmamentexpanse from the waters that were above the #1:7 Or firmamentexpanse; and it was so. 8God called the #1:8 Or firmamentexpanse “heaven.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
9Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10And God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of the waters He called “seas”; and God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, “Let the earth sprout #1:11 Or grassvegetation, #1:11 Or herbsplants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to #1:11 Lit itstheir kind #1:11 Lit in which is its seedwith seed in them”; and it was so. 12The earth produced #1:12 Or grassvegetation, #1:12 Or herbsplants yielding seed according to #1:12 Lit itstheir kind, and trees bearing fruit #1:12 Lit in which is its seedwith seed in them, according to #1:12 Lit itstheir kind; and God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14Then God said, “Let there be #1:14 Or luminaries, light-bearers, and so throughout the chlights in the #1:14 Or firmament; i.e., atmosphere and spaceexpanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and they shall #1:14 Lit be forserve as signs and for seasons, and for days and years; 15and they #1:15 Lit be forshall serve as lights in the #1:15 Or firmamentexpanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16God made the two great lights, the greater light #1:16 Lit for the dominion ofto govern the day, and the lesser light #1:16 Lit for the dominion ofto govern the night; He made the stars also. 17God placed them in the #1:17 Or firmamentexpanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18and #1:18 Lit for the dominion ofto govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20Then God said, “Let the waters #1:20 Or swarmteem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth #1:20 Lit on the face ofin the open #1:20 Or firmamentexpanse of the heavens.” 21And God created the great sea creatures and every living creature 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. 22God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to #1:24 Lit itstheir kind: livestock and crawling things and animals of the earth according to #1:24 Lit itstheir kind”; and it was so. 25God made the animals of the earth according to #1:25 Lit itstheir kind, and the livestock according to #1:25 Lit itstheir kind, and everything that crawls on the ground according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.
26Then God said, “#1:26 I.e., indicating united action, not a requestLet Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and #1:26 I.e., have them rulelet them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls 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. 28God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that #1:28 Or crawlsmoves on the earth.” 29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the #1:29 Lit face ofsurface of all the earth, and every tree #1:29 Lit in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seedwhich has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30and to every animal of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to everything that #1:30 Or crawlsmoves on the earth #1:30 Lit in which is living breathwhich has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. 31And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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