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Genesis 1

¹In the beginning God created heaven and earth. ²Now the earth wasb formless and empty, and there was darkness above primeval ocean, and God's wind was blowing above the water.

First Day (Light)

³Then God said, "Let there be light, and there was light." ⁴And God saw that the light was good, and God divided the light from the darkness. ⁵And God called the light day, and he called the darkness night. So there was evening, and there was morning, day one.

Second Day (The Dome)

⁶Then God said, "Let there be a dome between the waters, and let it divide between water and water." ⁷And God made the dome, and he divided the water that was under the dome from the water that was above the dome, and it was so. ⁸And God called the dome heaven, and there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Third Day (Separation of Land, Plant Life)

⁹Then God said, "Let the waters under heaven be gathered to one place, and let the dry land be visible." And it was so. ¹⁰And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the water he called seas, and God saw that it was good. ¹¹And God said, "Let the earth produce vegetation, herbs bearing seed and fruit trees bearing fruit with the seed in it according to its kind upon the earth." And it was so. ¹²And the earth produced vegetation, herbs bearing seed according to its kind and trees bearing fruit whose seed is in it according to their kind. And God saw that it was good. ¹³And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Fourth Day (Heavenly Bodies)

¹⁴Then God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of heaven to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for appointed times, and for days and years. ¹⁵And let them be for lights in the dome of heaven to give light on the earth." And it was so. ¹⁶So God made two great lights, the big light to rule the day and the little light to rule the night, and also the stars. ¹⁷And God placed them in the dome of heaven to give light on the earth, ¹⁸and to rule the day and the night and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. ¹⁹And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

Fifth Day (Sea Life)

²⁰And God said, "Let the water swarm with swarming creatures that are alive, and let birds fly above the earth on the face of the dome of heaven." ²¹So God created great sea serpents, and every living creature that moves that the water brought forth according to its kind and every flying bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. ²²And God blessed them, saying, "Bring forth fruit and multiply, and fill the water in the seas, and let birds multiply in the earth." ²³And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

Sixth Day (Land Animals, Humanity)

²⁴And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kind, domestic animals and creatures that move, and land animals according to their kinds." And it was so. ²⁵And God made the land animals according to their kinds, and the domestic animals according to their kinds, and every moving land creature according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. ²⁶Then God said, "Let us make humanity in our form, according to our appearance, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven and the cattle and over all the earth, and over all the moving creatures that move on the earth." ²⁷And God created humanity in his form. He created it in the form of God. He created them male and female. ²⁸And God blessed them and God said to them, "Bring forth fruit and multiply and fill the earth and bring it into subjection and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over every living creature that moves on the earth." ²⁹And God said, "Look! I've given you every herb giving seed which is on all the earth and every tree which has on it the fruit of a seed bearing tree. They will be yours to eat." ³⁰And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of heaven and to every moving creation on the earth which has in it a living soul will belong every green plant for food." And it was so. ³¹And God saw everything he had made, and yes, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

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