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JANUARY
J A N U A R Y
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JANUARY
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GENESIS 1:1–2:25
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.
3 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. 5 God called the light
“day” and the darkness “night.”
And evening passed and morning
came, marking the first day.
6Then
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.
9 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 seedbearing 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. 12 The 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.
14Then 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. 16 God made two great
lights—the larger one to govern the
day, and the smaller one to govern the
night. He also made the stars. 17 God
set these lights in the sky to light the
earth, 18 to 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.
20Then 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.
22 Then 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.
24Then God said, “Let the earth produce
every sort of animal, each producing
offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry
