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The First Book of Moses: Genesis

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- Chapter 1 -

(John 1:1–5; Hebrews 11:1–3)
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In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.
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And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.

The First Day

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And God said: Be light made. And light was made.
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And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness.
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And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning one day.

The Second Day

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And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.
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And God made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament, and it was so.
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And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day.

The Third Day

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God also said: Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.
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And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
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And he said: Let the earth bring forth the green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.
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And the earth brought forth the green herb, and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind, and the tree that beareth fruit, having seed each one according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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And the evening and the morning were the third day.

The Fourth Day

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And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
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To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth. And it was so done.
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And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and the stars.
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And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth.
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And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
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And the evening and morning were the fourth day.

The Fifth Day

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God also said: Let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that may fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven.
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And God created the great whales, and every living and moving creature, which the waters brought forth, according to their kinds, and every winged fowl according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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And he blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea: and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth.
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And the evening and morning were the fifth day.

The Sixth Day

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And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done.
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And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.
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And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
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And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.
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And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your meat:
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And to all beasts of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to all that move upon the earth, and wherein there is life, that they may have to feed upon. And it was so done.
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And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.
(John 1:1–5; Hebrews 11:1–3)
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In the beginning, God (a) created the heavens and the earth.
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The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

The First Day

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God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
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God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
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God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

The Second Day

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God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
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God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
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God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

The Third Day

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God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.
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God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.
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God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.
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The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
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There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

The Fourth Day

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God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;
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and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
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God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
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God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
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and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
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There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

The Fifth Day

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God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
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God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
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God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
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There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

The Sixth Day

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God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so.
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God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
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God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
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God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
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God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
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God said, “Behold,(b) I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
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To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, 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.
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God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Footnotes

(a)1:1 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
(b)1:29 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
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