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Genesis 1
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Heaven and Earth

1First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see.H7225H430H1254H853H8064H853H776 2Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.H776H1961H8414H922H2822H6440H8415H7307H430H7363H5921H6440H4325 3God spoke: "Light!" And light appeared.H430H559H1961H216H216 4God saw that light was good and separated light from dark.H430H7200H853H216H3588H2896H430H914H996H216H996H2822 5God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning— Day One.H430H7121H216H3117H2822H7121H3915H6153H1242H259H3117 6God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!"H430H559H7549H8432H4325H914H4325H4325 7God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was:H430H6213H7549H914H4325H834H8478H7549H4325H834H5921H7549H3651 8he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning— Day Two.H430H7121H7549H8064H6153H1242H8145H3117 9God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was.H430H559H4325H8064H6960H413H259H4725H3004H7200 10God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.H430H7121H3004H776H4723H4325H7121H3220H430H7200H2896 11God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was.H430H559H776H1876H1877H6212H2232H2233H6529H6086H6213H6529H4327H834H2233H776 12Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good.H776H3318H1877H6212H2232H2233H4327H6086H6213H6529H2233H4327H430H7200H2896 13It was evening, it was morning— Day Three.H6153H1242H7992H3117 14God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years,H430H559H3974H7549H8064H914H3117H3915H226H4150H3117H8141 15Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.H3974H7549H8064H215H776 16God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars.H430H6213H8147H1419H3974H1419H3974H4475H3117H6996H3974H4475H3915H3556 17God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up EarthH430H5414H7549H8064H215H776 18And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good.H4910H3117H3915H914H216H2822H430H7200H2896 19It was evening, it was morning— Day Four.H6153H1242H7243H3117 20God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!"H430H559H4325H8317H8318H2416H5315H5775H5774H5921H776H6440H7549H8064 21God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good.H430H1254H1419H8577H2416H5315H7430H4325H8317H4327H3671H5775H4327H430H7200H2896 22God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!"H430H1288H559H6509H7235H4390H4325H3220H5775H7235H776 23It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.H6153H1242H2549H3117 24God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals—all kinds." And there it was:H430H559H776H3318H2416H5315H4327H929H7431H2416H776H4327 25wild animals of every kind, Cattle of all kinds, every sort of reptile and bug. God saw that it was good.H430H6213H2416H776H4327H929H4327H7431H127H4327H430H7200H2896 26God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth."H430H559H6213H120H6754H1823H7287H1710H3220H5775H8064H929H776H7431H7430H776 27God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female.H430H1254H120H6754H6754H430H1254H2145H5347H1254 28God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth."H430H1288H430H559H6509H7235H4390H776H3533H7287H1710H3220H5775H8064H2416H7430H776 29Then God said, "I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth And every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food.H430H559H2009H5414H6212H2232H2233H6440H776H6086H6529H6086H2232H2233H1961H402 30To all animals and all birds, everything that moves and breathes, I give whatever grows out of the ground for food." And there it was.H2416H776H5775H8064H7430H776H2416H5315H3418H6212H402 31God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning— Day Six.H430H7200H834H6213H3966H2896H6153H1242H8345H3117


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