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Genesis
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Genesis 1 (New King James Version)
1:1 In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth.
1:2 The earth was without
form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit
of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
1:3 Then God said, "Let
there be light"; and there was light.
1:4 And God saw the light,
that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
1:5 God called the light
Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were
the first day.
1:6 Then God said, "Let
there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the
waters from the waters."
1:7 Thus God made the firmament,
and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which
were above the firmament; and it was so.
1:8 And God called the firmament
Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
1:9 Then God said, "Let
the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let
the dry land appear"; and it was so.
1:10 And God called the
dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas.
And God saw that it was good.
1:11 Then God said, "Let
the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree
that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the
earth"; and it was so.
1:12 And the earth brought
forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree
that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God
saw that it was good.
1:13 So the evening and
the morning were the third day.
1:14 Then God said, "Let
there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from
the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years;
1:15 "and let them be for
lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and
it was so.
1:16 Then God made two great
lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule
the night. He made the stars also.
1:17 God set them in the
firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth,
1:18 and to rule over the
day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And
God saw that it was good.
1:19 So the evening and
the morning were the fourth day.
1:20 Then God said, "Let
the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds
fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens."
1:21 So God created great
sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters
abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its
kind. And God saw that it was good.
1:22 And God blessed them,
saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and
let birds multiply on the earth."
1:23 So the evening and
the morning were the fifth day.
1:24 Then God said, "Let
the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle
and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind";
and it was so.
1:25 And God made the beast
of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything
that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was
good.
1:26 Then God said, "Let
Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,
over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
1:27 So God created man
in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He
created them.
1:28 Then God blessed them,
and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue
it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air,
and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
1:29 And God said, "See,
I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all
the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for
food.
1:30 "Also, to every beast
of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on
the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food";
and it was so.
1:31 Then God saw everything
that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning
were the sixth day.