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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.
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was light. 4And God saw that the light was
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darkness. God called the light “day” and
the darkness “night.”
And evening passed and morning came,
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marking the first day.
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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.
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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.
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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.
19And evening passed and morning
came, marking the fourth day.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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.
31 Then God looked over all he had made,
and he saw that it was very good!
*Translation Notes 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. 1:27 Or
the man; Hebrew reads ha-adam.
