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Genesis 1 >>
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14 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;
15 and
let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light
on the earth;" and it was so.
16 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.
17 God
set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
18 and
to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the
light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
19 There
was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20 God
said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of
sky."
21 God
created the large sea creatures, and every living creature
that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind,
and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was
good.
22 God
blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill
the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the
earth."
23 There
was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 God
said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after
their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the
earth after their kind;" and it was so.
25 God
made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the
livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on
the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
26 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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all
the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth."
27 God
created man in his own image. In God's image he created him;
male and female he created them.
28 God
blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill
the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the
sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing
that moves on the earth."
29 God
said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed,
which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree,
which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
30 To
every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and
to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is
life, I have given every green herb for food;" and it was
so.
31 God
saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
