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Genesis

Starts with the creation of the world and tells stories of the first people and big floods. It also talks about Abraham's family and their journeys.

Chapter 1

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KJV: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Geneva: In the beginning God created the heauen and the earth.

KJV: And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Geneva: And the earth was without forme and voide, and darkenesse was vpon the deepe, and the Spirit of God moued vpon ye waters.

KJV: And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Geneva: Then God saide, Let there be light: And there was light.

KJV: And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Geneva: And God sawe the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes.

KJV: And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Geneva: And God called the light, Day, and the darkenes, he called Night. So the euening and the morning were the first day.

KJV: And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Geneva: Againe God saide, Let there be a firmament in the middes of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.

KJV: And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Geneva: Then God made the firmament, and separated the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters which were aboue the firmament; it was so.

KJV: And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Geneva: And God called the firmament Heauen. So the Euening and the morning were the seconde day.

KJV: And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Geneva: God saide againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare; it was so.

KJV: And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Geneva: And God called the dry land, Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters, Seas: and God sawe that it was good.

KJV: And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Geneva: Then God said, Let the earth bud foorth the bud of the herbe, that seedeth seede, the fruitfull tree, which beareth fruite according to his kinde, which hath his seede in it selfe vpon the earth; it was so.

KJV: And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Geneva: And the earth brought foorth the bud of the herbe, that seedeth seede according to his kind, also the tree that beareth fruite, which hath his seede in it selfe according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.

KJV: And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Geneva: So the euening and the morning were the third day.

KJV: And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Geneva: And God said, Let there be lightes in the firmament of the heauen, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signes, and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.

KJV: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Geneva: And let them be for lightes in the firmament of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth; it was so.

KJV: And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

Geneva: God then made two great lightes: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesse light to rule the night: he made also the starres.

KJV: And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Geneva: And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth,

KJV: And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Geneva: And to rule in the day, and in the night, and to separate the light from the darkenes: and God sawe that it was good.

KJV: And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Geneva: So the euening and the morning were the fourth day.

KJV: And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Geneva: Afterward God said, Let the waters bring foorth in abundance euery creeping thing that hath life: and let the foule flie vpon the earth in the open firmament of the heauen.

KJV: And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Geneva: Then God created the great whales, and euery thing liuing and mouing, which the waters brought foorth in abundance according to their kinde, and euery fethered foule according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.

KJV: And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

Geneva: Then God blessed them, saying, Bring foorth fruite and multiplie, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the foule multiplie in the earth.

KJV: And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

Geneva: So the euening and the morning were the fift day.

KJV: And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Geneva: Moreouer God said, Let the earth bring foorth the liuing thing according to his kinde, cattell, and that which creepeth, and the beast of the earth, according to his kinde; it was so.

KJV: And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Geneva: And God made the beast of the earth according to his kinde, and the cattell according to his kinde, & euery creeping thing of the earth according to his kind: & God saw that it was good.

KJV: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Geneva: Furthermore God said, Let vs make man in our image according to our likenes, and let them rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, and ouer the beastes, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery thing that creepeth and moueth on the earth.

KJV: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Geneva: Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female.

KJV: And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Geneva: And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruite and multiplie, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, & ouer euery beast that moueth vpon the earth.

KJV: And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Geneva: And God said, Beholde, I haue giuen vnto you euery herbe bearing seede, which is vpon al the earth, and euery tree, wherein is the fruite of a tree bearing seede: that shall be to you for meate.

KJV: And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

Geneva: Likewise to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the heauen, and to euery thing that moueth vpon the earth, which hath life in it selfe, euery greene herbe shall be for meate; it was so.

KJV: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Geneva: And God sawe all that he had made, and loe, it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day.

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