One Year Pray for America Bible - Flipbook - Page 12
January 1
14 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.
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.
19 And evening passed and
morning came, marking the fourth
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.”
23 And evening passed and
morning came, marking the fifth
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
2
small animals that scurry along
the ground.”
27
So God created human beings*
in his own image.
In the image of God he
created them;
male and female he created
them.
28 Then God blessed them and
said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill
the earth and govern it. Reign over
the fish in the sea, the birds in the
sky, and all the animals that scurry
along the ground.”
29 Then God said, “Look! I have
given you every seed-bearing plant
throughout the earth and all the
fruit trees for your food. 30 And I
have given every green plant as
food for all the wild animals, the
birds in the sky, and the small
animals that scurry along the
ground—everything that has life.”
And that is what happened.
31 Then God looked over all he
had made, and he saw that it was
very good!
And evening passed and morning
came, marking the sixth day.
2:1 So
the creation of the heavens and
the earth and everything in them
was completed. 2 On the seventh
day God had finished his work
of creation, so he rested* from
all his work. 3 And God blessed
the seventh day and declared it
holy, because it was the day when
he rested from all his work of
creation.
4 This is the account of the creation of
the heavens and the earth.
When the Lord God made the earth
and the heavens, 5 neither wild plants
nor grains were growing on the earth.
For the Lord God had not yet sent rain
to water the earth, and there were no
people to cultivate the soil. 6 Instead,
springs* came up from the ground and
watered all the land. 7 Then the Lord
God formed the man from the dust of
the ground. He breathed the breath
