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And there was evening and there was morning, one day. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then God said, “Let there be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So God made the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>expanse and separated the waters which were below the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>expanse from the waters which were above the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>expanse; and it was so. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And God called the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then God said, “Let the earth sprout <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>vegetation, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>plants yielding seed, <i>and</i> fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>their kind <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>with seed in them”; and it was so. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the earth brought forth <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>vegetation, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>plants yielding seed after <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>their kind, and trees bearing fruit <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>with seed in them, after <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>their kind; and God saw that it was good. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then God said, “Let there be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>lights in the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and let them be for <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>lights in the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So God made the two <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>great lights, the greater <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>light <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>to rule the day, and the lesser <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>light <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>to rule the night, and <i>also</i> the stars. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And God placed them in the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>to rule the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>across the face of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>expanse of the heavens.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And God created 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>their kind”; and it was so. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>God made the beasts of the earth after <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>their kind, and the cattle after <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, so that they will have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>sky and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>God blessed them, and God said to them, “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 <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then God said, “Behold, I have given to you every plant yielding seed that is on the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>surface of all the earth, and every tree <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>which has <i>the</i> fruit of <i>the</i> tree yielding seed; it shall be food for you; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>sky and to every thing that creeps on the earth <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>which has life, <i>I have given</i> every green plant for food”; and it was so. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>a waste and emptiness</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>face</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>face</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>a firmament</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>firmament</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>firmament</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>firmament</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>firmament</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>grass</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>herbs</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>its</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>in which is its seed</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i>grass</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i>herbs</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>its</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>in which is its seed</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>its</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>luminaries</i>, <i>light-bearers</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>firmament</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Or <i>luminaries</i>, <i>light-bearers</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Or <i>firmament</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>luminaries</i>, <i>light-bearers</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>luminary</i>, <i>light-bearer</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>for the dominion of</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>luminary</i>, <i>light-bearer</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>for the dominion of</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>firmament</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>for the dominion of</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>on</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Or <i>firmament</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>its</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>its</i><br><span class="fnverse">25</span> Lit <i>its</i><br><span class="fnverse">25</span> Lit <i>its</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>heavens</i><br><span class="fnverse">28</span> Lit <i>heavens</i><br><span class="fnverse">29</span> Lit <i>face of</i><br><span class="fnverse">29</span> Lit <i>in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed</i><br><span class="fnverse">30</span> Lit <i>heavens</i><br><span class="fnverse">30</span> Lit <i>in which is a living soul</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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