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Genesis
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English: World English Bible |
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Genesis 1 [Context] [Commentary] 
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. |
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Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. |
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God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. |
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God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness. |
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God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day. |
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God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." |
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God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. |
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God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day. |
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God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so. |
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God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good. |
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God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so. |
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The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. |
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There was evening and there was morning, a third day. |
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God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; |
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and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so. |
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God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars. |
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God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth, |
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and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good. |
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There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. |
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