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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth, |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.” |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.” |
29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food. |
30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. |
31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. |
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