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Creation

^1 (C1)In the beginning ^(C2)God ^(C3)created the heavens and the earth.² And the earth was ^(F1)(C1)formless and void, and ^(C2)darkness was over the ^(F2)surface of the deep, and ^(C3)the Spirit of God ^(C4)was hovering over the ^(F2)surface of the waters.³ Then ^(C1)God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.⁴ And God saw that the light was ^(C1)good; and God ^(C2)separated the light from the darkness.^5 (C1)And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And ^(C2)there was evening and there was morning, one day.

⁶ Then God said, "Let there be ^(F1)an ^(C1)expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."⁷ So God made the ^(F1)expanse and separated ^(C1)the waters which were below the ^(F1)expanse from the waters ^(C2)which were above the ^(F1)expanse; and it was so.⁸ And God called the ^(F1)expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

⁹ Then God said, "^(C1)Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let ^(C2)the dry land appear"; and it was so.¹⁰ And God called the dry land earth, and the ^(C1)gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.¹¹ Then God said, "Let the earth sprout ^(F1)(C1)vegetation, ^(F2)plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after ^(F3)their kind ^(F4)with seed in them"; and it was so.¹² And the earth brought forth ^(F1)vegetation, ^(F2)plants yielding seed after ^(F3)their kind, and trees bearing fruit ^(F4)with seed in them, after ^(F3)their kind; and God saw that it was good.¹³ And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

¹⁴ Then God said, "Let there be ^(F1)(C1)lights in the ^(F2)(C2)expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for ^(C3)signs and for ^(C4)seasons and for days and years;¹⁵ and let them be for ^(F1)lights in the ^(F2)expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so.¹⁶ So God made the two ^(F1)great lights, the ^(C1)greater ^(F2)light ^(F3)to rule the day, and the lesser ^(F2)light ^(F3)to rule the night, and also ^(C2)the stars.^17 (C1)And God placed them in the ^(F1)expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,¹⁸ and ^(F1)to ^(C1)rule the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.¹⁹ And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

²⁰ Then God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth ^(F1)across the face of the ^(F2)expanse of the heavens."²¹ And God created ^(C1)the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.²² Then God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."²³ And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

^24 (C1)Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after ^(F1)their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after ^(F1)their kind"; and it was so.²⁵ God made the ^(C1)beasts of the earth after ^(F1)their kind, and the cattle after ^(F1)their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

²⁶ Then God said, "Let ^(C1)Us make ^(C2)man in Our image, according to Our likeness, so that they will have ^(C3)dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ^(F1)sky and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."²⁷ And God created man ^(C1)in His own image, in the image of God He created him; ^(C2)male and female He created them.²⁸ God blessed them, and God said to them, "^(C1)Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ^(F1)sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth."²⁹ Then God said, "Behold, ^(C1)I have given to you every plant yielding seed that is on the ^(F1)surface of all the earth, and every tree ^(F2)which has the fruit of the tree yielding seed; it shall be food for you;³⁰ and ^(C1)to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the ^(F1)sky and to every thing that creeps on the earth ^(F2)which has life, I have given every green plant for food"; and it was so.³¹ And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very ^(C1)good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.