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Genesis
GENESIS God creates a beautiful earth for us to enjoy.
The Account of Creation
In the beginning God created the heavens and
the earth.* 2The earth was formless and empty,
and darkness covered the deep waters. And the
Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the
waters.
3Then 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. 5God 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.
9Then 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 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. 12The
land produced vegetation—all sorts of seedbearing 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. 16God made
two great lights—the larger one to govern the
day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He
also made the stars. 17God set these lights in the
sky to light the earth, 18to 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
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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. 22Then
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
along the ground, and wild animals.” And that
is what happened. 25God 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.
26Then 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.”
27 So God created human beings* in his own
image.
In the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28Then 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.”
29Then God said, “Look! I have given you
every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth
and all the fruit trees for your food. 30And 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.
31Then 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.
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So the creation of the heavens and the earth
and everything in them was completed. 2On
the seventh day God had finished his work of
creation, so he rested* from all his work. 3And
God blessed the seventh day and declared it
holy, because it was the day when he rested
from all his work of creation.
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, . . . 1:26 Or
man; Hebrew reads adam. 1:27 Or the man; Hebrew reads ha-adam.
2:2 Or ceased; also in 2:3.
