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The Account of Creation
In the beginning God created the heavens
and the earth.* 2 The earth was formless
and empty, and darkness covered the deep
waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering
over the surface of the waters.
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Then God said, “Let there be light,” and
there was light. 4And God saw that the
light was good. Then he separated the
light from the darkness. 5God called
the light “day” and the darkness “night.”
And evening passed and morning
came, marking the first day.
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Then God said, “Let there be a space
between the waters, to separate the
waters of the heavens from the waters of
the earth.” 7And that is what happened.
God made this space to separate the
waters of the earth from the waters of
the heavens. 8God called the space “sky.”
And evening passed and morning
came, marking the second day.
Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the
sky flow together into one place, so dry
ground may appear.” And that is what
happened. 10God called the dry ground
“land” and the waters “seas.” And God
saw that it was good. 11Then 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. 12The
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.
13And evening passed and morning
came, marking the third day.
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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. 15Let these lights in the
sky shine down on the earth.” And that
is what happened. 16God made two great
lights—the larger one to govern the day,
and the smaller one to govern the night.
He also made the stars. 17God set these
lights in the sky to light the earth, 18to
govern the day and night, and to separate
the light from the darkness. And God saw
that it was good.
19And evening passed and morning
came, marking the fourth day.
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Then God said, “Let the waters swarm
with fish and other life. Let the skies
be filled with birds of every kind.” 21So
God created great sea creatures and
every living thing that scurries and
swarms in the water, and every sort
of bird—each producing offspring of
the same kind. And God saw that it was
good. 22Then God blessed them, saying,
“Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill
the seas, and let the birds multiply on
the earth.”
23And evening passed and morning
came, marking the fifth day.
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Then God said, “Let the earth produce
every sort of animal, each producing
offspring of the same kind—livestock,
small animals that scurry along the
ground, and wild animals.” And that is
what happened. 25God made all sorts
of wild animals, livestock, and small
animals, each able to produce offspring
of the same kind. And God saw that it
was good.
26 Then God said, “Let us make human
beings* in our image, to be like us. They
will reign over the fish in the sea, the
birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild
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These seeds will then produce the kinds
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seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced
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*Translation Notes 1:1 Or In the beginning when God created
the heavens and the earth, . . . Or When God began to create the
heavens and the earth, . . . 1:26a Or man; Hebrew reads adam.
Cross-References 1:1 John 1:1-2 1:7 Ps 148:4 1:13 Ps 65:9-13
1:19 Ps 74:16 1:23 Gen 8:19
