1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2And the earth was a #1.2: Or wasteformless and desolate emptiness, and darkness was over the #1.2: Lit face ofsurface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the #1.2: Lit face ofsurface of the waters. 3Then God said, “#1.3: I.e., a command, not a request; and so throughout the chLet there be light”; and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

6Then God said, “Let there be #1.6: Or a firmament; i.e., atmosphere and spacean expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7God made the #1.7: Or firmamentexpanse, and separated the waters that were below the #1.7: Or firmamentexpanse from the waters that were above the #1.7: Or firmamentexpanse; and it was so. 8God called the #1.8: Or firmamentexpanse “heaven.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10And God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of the waters He called “seas”; and God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, “Let the earth sprout #1.11: Or grassvegetation, #1.11: Or herbsplants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to #1.11: Lit itstheir kind #1.11: Lit in which is its seedwith seed in them”; and it was so. 12The earth produced #1.12: Or grassvegetation, #1.12: Or herbsplants yielding seed according to #1.12: Lit itstheir kind, and trees bearing fruit #1.12: Lit in which is its seedwith seed in them, according to #1.12: Lit itstheir kind; and God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14Then God said, “Let there be #1.14: Or luminaries, light-bearers, and so throughout the chlights in the #1.14: Or firmament; i.e., atmosphere and spaceexpanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and they shall #1.14: Lit be forserve as signs and for seasons, and for days and years; 15and they #1.15: Lit be forshall serve as lights in the #1.15: Or firmamentexpanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16God made the two great lights, the greater light #1.16: Lit for the dominion ofto govern the day, and the lesser light #1.16: Lit for the dominion ofto govern the night; He made the stars also. 17God placed them in the #1.17: Or firmamentexpanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18and #1.18: Lit for the dominion ofto govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20Then God said, “Let the waters #1.20: Or swarmteem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth #1.20: Lit on the face ofin the open #1.20: Or firmamentexpanse of the heavens.” 21And God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind; and God saw that it was good. 22God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

24Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to #1.24: Lit itstheir kind: livestock and crawling things and animals of the earth according to #1.24: Lit itstheir kind”; and it was so. 25God made the animals of the earth according to #1.25: Lit itstheir kind, and the livestock according to #1.25: Lit itstheir kind, and everything that crawls on the ground according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.

26Then God said, “#1.26: I.e., indicating united action, not a requestLet Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and #1.26: I.e., have them rulelet them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.” 27So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that #1.28: Or crawlsmoves on the earth.” 29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the #1.29: Lit face ofsurface of all the earth, and every tree #1.29: Lit in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seedwhich has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30and to every animal of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to everything that #1.30: Or crawlsmoves on the earth #1.30: Lit in which is living breathwhich has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. 31And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

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Genesis 1

1 [All of that] Beginnings [stuff] God-Elōhīm [The Living Word of GOD] created the ‘Universe and Everything in it.’

2and the earth became without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God-Elōhīm [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] moved upon the face of the waters.

3And God-Elōhīm [The Creator - The Many Powered] said, Let the sun rise: and there was light.

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

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

6And God-Elōhīm said, Let there be a Firmament (expanse or vault over the earth) in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7And God-Elōhīm made the Firmament (expanse or vault over the earth), and divided the waters which [were] under the Firmament (expanse or vault over the earth) from the waters which [were] above the Firmament (expanse or vault over the earth): and it was so.

8And God-Elōhīm called the Firmament (expanse or vault over the earth) Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9And God-Elōhīm said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.

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

11And God-Elōhīm 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.

12And 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-Elōhīm [The Living Word - The Many Powered] saw that [it was] good.

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

14And God-Elōhīm said, Let there be lights in the Firmament (expanse or vault over the earth) of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15and let them be for lights in the Firmament (expanse or vault over the earth) of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16And God-Elōhīm [had] made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.

17And God-Elōhīm set them in the Firmament (expanse or vault over the earth) of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God-Elōhīm saw that [it was] good.

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

20And God-Elōhīm said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open Firmament (expanse or vault over the earth) of heaven.

21And God-Elōhīm created great whales, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God-Elōhīm saw that [it was] good.

22And God-Elōhīm Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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

24And God-Elōhīm 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.

25And God-Elōhīm made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps upon the earth after his kind: and God-Elōhīm saw that [it was] good.

26And God-Elōhīm [Messiah Pre-Incarnate - The Living Word - The Many Powered – The Creator] 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 creeps upon the earth.

27So God-Elōhīm [The Living Word of GOD] created man in his [own] image, in the image of God-Elōhīm [The Messiah Pre-Incarnate] created he him; male and female created he them.

28And God-Elōhīm [The Living Word – The Creator] Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) them, and God-Elōhīm [The Living Word] 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 moves upon the earth.

29And God-Elōhīm [The Living Word] 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.

30And to every beast of the earth and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31And God-Elōhīm [The Creator - The Many Powered] saw everything that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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Genesis 1

Genesis 1