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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] | 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. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Then 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. Then he separated the light from the darkness. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.” |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8God called the space “sky.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10God called the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The 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. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17God set these lights in the sky to light the earth, |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18to govern the day and 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 evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.” |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21So 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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.” |
29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. |
30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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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