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In the beginning ◦ God created the heavens and the earth .
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And the earth was a void and emptiness◦, and darkness was on the faces* of the abyss. And the Spirit of God brooded* upon the faces of the waters.
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And God said , Let there be light , and there was light .
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And God saw the light , that it was good ; and God distinguished between the light and the darkness .
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And God called the light Day , and the darkness He called Night . And there was evening , and there was morning , the first◦ Day .
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And God said , Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let there be a distinguishing between waters as··to the waters.
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And God made the expanse , and distinguished between the waters which were from under the expanse and the waters which were from upon the expanse ; and it was so.
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And God called the expanse Heavens . And there was evening , and there was morning , the second day .
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And God said , Let the waters under the heavens be gathered··together◦ to▵ one place , and let what is dry appear; and it was so.
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And what was dry, God called Land , and the gathering··together◦ of the waters He called Seas ; and God saw that it was good .
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And God said , Let the land cause the sprout to sprout··forth, the herb seeding seed , and the fruit tree making fruit according··to▵ its kind, in which is its seed , upon the land ; and it was so.
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And the land brought··forth the sprout, the herb seeding seed after its kind, and the tree making fruit , whose seed was in itself, after its kind; and God saw that it was good .
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And there was evening , and there was morning , the third day .
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And God said , Let there be* lights in the expanse of the heavens , to distinguish between the day and the night ; and let them be for signs , and for seasons, and for days , and for years.
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And let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give··light on the earth ; and it was so.
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And God made the two great lights , the greater light to rule the day , and the lesser light to rule the night ; and the stars.
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And God put ◦ them in the expanse of the heavens , to give ··light on the earth ;
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and to rule in the day , and in the night , and to distinguish between the light and the darkness ; and God saw that it was good .
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And there was evening , and there was morning , the fourth day .
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And God said , Let the waters cause the crawling thing*, the living soul , to crawl; and let the fowl fly above the earth on the faces of the expanse of the heavens .
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And God created the great whales , and every living soul that creeps, which the waters caused to crawl after their kinds, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good .
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And God blessed them, saying, Be··fruitful and multiply , and fill the waters in the seas , and the fowl shall be multiplied in the earth .
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And there was evening , and there was morning , the fifth day .
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And God said , Let the land bring··forth the living soul after its kind; the beast , and the creeping thing, and the wild··animal of the land , after its kind; and it was so.
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And God made the wild··animal of the land after its kind, and the beast after its kind, and every creeping thing on the ground* after its kind; and God saw that it was good .
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And God said , Let us make man in our image , according··to our likeness; and let them have··dominion over◦ the fish of the sea , and over◦ the fowl of the heavens , and over◦ the beast , and over◦ all the earth , and over◦ every creeping thing that creeps on the earth .
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And God created man in His own image , in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
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And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be··fruitful , and multiply , and fill the earth , and subdue her; and have··dominion over◦ the fish of the sea , and over◦ the fowl of the heavens , and over◦ every living ··thing that creeps on the earth .
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And God said , Behold, I give to you every herb seeding seed which is on the faces of all the earth , and every tree in which is fruit ; the tree seeding seed , to you it shall be for food ;
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and to every wild··animal of the land , and to every fowl of the heavens , and to everything that creeps on the earth in which◦ is a living soul , every green◦ herb shall be for food; and it was so.
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And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good . And there was evening , and there was morning , the sixth day .