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Genesis
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.
to mark the seasons, days, and years. 15 Let 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.
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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.
20 Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and
other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every
kind.” 21 So 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.
6 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. 8 God 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. 10 God called the dry
ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw
that it was good. 11 Then 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.
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.
24 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. 25 God 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 animals on the earth,* and the small animals
that scurry along the ground.”
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.
1:26b As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads all the earth.
14 Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to
separate the day from the night. Let them be signs
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