book of Genesis ( NKJV
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1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and
the earth. 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. 3 Then God said, "Let there
be light"; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light,
that [it was] good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So
the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 Then
God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let
it divide the waters from the waters." 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.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning
were the second day. 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. 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. 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. 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. 13 So the evening and
the morning were the third day. 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;
15 "and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to
give light on the earth"; and it was so. 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. 17 God
set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth,
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. 19
So the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 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." 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. 22 And God blessed them, saying,
"Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds
multiply on the earth." 23 So the evening and the morning
were the fifth day. 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. 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.
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." 27 So God created man
in His [own] image; in the image of God He created him; male and female
He created them. 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." 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. 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. 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. |