Genesis 1
1First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see.H7225H430H1254H853H8064H853H7762Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.H776H1961H8414H922H2822H6440H8415H7307H430H7363H5921H6440H43253God spoke: "Light!" And light appeared.H430H559H1961H216H2164God saw that light was good and separated light from dark.H430H7200H853H216H3588H2896H430H914H996H216H996H28225God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning— Day One.H430H7121H216H3117H2822H7121H3915H6153H1242H259H31176God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!"H430H559H7549H8432H4325H914H4325H43257God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was:H430H6213H7549H914H4325H834H8478H7549H4325H834H5921H7549H36518he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning— Day Two.H430H7121H7549H8064H6153H1242H8145H31179God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was.H430H559H4325H8064H6960H413H259H4725H3004H720010God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.H430H7121H3004H776H4723H4325H7121H3220H430H7200H289611God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was.H430H559H776H1876H1877H6212H2232H2233H6529H6086H6213H6529H4327H834H2233H77612Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good.H776H3318H1877H6212H2232H2233H4327H6086H6213H6529H2233H4327H430H7200H289613It was evening, it was morning— Day Three.H6153H1242H7992H311714God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years,H430H559H3974H7549H8064H914H3117H3915H226H4150H3117H814115Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.H3974H7549H8064H215H77616God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars.H430H6213H8147H1419H3974H1419H3974H4475H3117H6996H3974H4475H3915H355617God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up EarthH430H5414H7549H8064H215H77618And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good.H4910H3117H3915H914H216H2822H430H7200H289619It was evening, it was morning— Day Four.H6153H1242H7243H311720God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!"H430H559H4325H8317H8318H2416H5315H5775H5774H5921H776H6440H7549H806421God 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.H430H1254H1419H8577H2416H5315H7430H4325H8317H4327H3671H5775H4327H430H7200H289622God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!"H430H1288H559H6509H7235H4390H4325H3220H5775H7235H77623It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.H6153H1242H2549H311724God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals—all kinds." And there it was:H430H559H776H3318H2416H5315H4327H929H7431H2416H776H432725wild animals of every kind, Cattle of all kinds, every sort of reptile and bug. God saw that it was good.H430H6213H2416H776H4327H929H4327H7431H127H4327H430H7200H289626God 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."H430H559H6213H120H6754H1823H7287H1710H3220H5775H8064H929H776H7431H7430H77627God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female.H430H1254H120H6754H6754H430H1254H2145H5347H125428God 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."H430H1288H430H559H6509H7235H4390H776H3533H7287H1710H3220H5775H8064H2416H7430H77629Then 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.H430H559H2009H5414H6212H2232H2233H6440H776H6086H6529H6086H2232H2233H1961H40230To all animals and all birds, everything that moves and breathes, I give whatever grows out of the ground for food." And there it was.H2416H776H5775H8064H7430H776H2416H5315H3418H6212H40231God 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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