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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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1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

*At first, God made the sky and the ground.

2 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.

*The Earth was shapeless and empty, dark over the huge waters. God's Spirit hovered above the water's surface.

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

*God commanded, "Light should appear!" —And it did.

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

*God looked at the light and liked it. Then, God separated the light from the dark.

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

*God named the light "Day" and the dark "Night." The first day had evening and morning.

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

*And God commanded, "Create a strong barrier among the water, separating one water area from another."

7 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.

*God created the sky, separating the water below from the water above, and it happened as he intended.

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

*God named the sky "Heaven." Days two's morn and eve.

9 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.

*And God commanded, Gather all the water beneath the sky into one area, and make the dry land visible; and it happened as he said.

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

*And God named the dry area as Earth, and the collected water he called Seas. God saw that it was a good thing.

11 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.

*God told the Earth to grow plants that make seeds, and trees that produce fruit, all with their own seeds, and this happened as he said.

12 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.

*The earth grew grass and plants that made seeds, as well as trees with fruit containing seeds. God thought it was a good thing.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

*The nighttime and sunrise became the third day.

14 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:

*God said, "Create lights in the sky to separate day and night. They will also serve as signals, calendar guidance, and mark years."

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

*And make them lights in the sky to shine on Earth; and it happened.

16 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.

*God created two big lights - a bigger one for daytime and a smaller one for nighttime, and he made the stars too.

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

*And God placed them in the sky to shine on the Earth.

18 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.

*And to control day and night, and separate light from darkness: God saw it was a good thing.

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

*The night and the daylight marked the fourth day.

20 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.

*God said, "Waters should have lots of living creatures that can move, and birds that can fly high in the sky."

21 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.

*God made big whales and all sea creatures that can move. He also made birds of every type. And God thought it was a good thing.

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

*And God blessed them, telling them to have lots of children, and to make the oceans full of life, and for birds to grow in number on land.

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

*And night and day became the fifth day.

24 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.

*And God ordered, "Earth, create living beings according to their type: animals, crawling creatures, and land-dwelling beasts; and it happened.

25 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.

*And God created land animals, each according to its type, and creatures that crawl on the ground, each according to its type. God saw that it was good.

26 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.

*And God said, Let's create people like us; let them control all sea creatures, birds, animals, and everything on Earth that moves.

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

*So, God made people to look like Him. He made both boys and girls.

28 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.

*And God blessed them. He told them to have lots of children, fill the world, and control it. They should rule over all sea creatures, birds, and living things on land.

29 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.

*And God said, Look, I have given you all plants with seeds and trees with fruit that comes from seeds. You can eat them.

30 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.

*To all animals on land, birds in the sky, and creatures that crawl, I gave plant food to eat, and it happened this way.

31 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.

*God looked at everything He created and found it to be good. It was the sixth day with evening and morning.

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