Genesis 1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening, and there was morning: one day. Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” God made the expanse and separated the waters below the expanse from the waters above the expanse. And it was so. God called the expanse Sky. There was evening, and there was morning: the second day. Then God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, and let dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the gathered waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants bearing seed and fruit trees bearing fruit according to their kinds, with seed in the fruit, on the earth.” And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. There was evening, and there was morning: the third day. Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them serve as signs and mark appointed times, days, and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 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. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to rule the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. There was evening, and there was morning: the fourth day. Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas; and let birds multiply on the earth.” There was evening, and there was morning: the fifth day. Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals according to their kinds.” And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. Let them rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and every creature that moves along the ground.” So God created man in his own image;
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them. God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every living thing that moves on the earth.” Then God said, “Look, I have given you every plant bearing seed on the surface of all the earth and every tree with seed-bearing fruit. They will be yours for food. And to every wild animal, every bird of the sky, and everything that moves on the earth and has life in it, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. God saw all that he had made, and behold, it was very good. There was evening, and there was morning: the sixth day.

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