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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Genesis 1 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Genesis 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../revelation/22.htm" title="Revelation 22">◄</a> Genesis 1 <a href="../genesis/2.htm" title="Genesis 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Story of Creation</h3><p class="par"><span class="v0_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.1" class="v0_1_1">1</span>In the beginning, when God created the universe,<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.1.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v0_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.2" class="v0_1_2">2</span>the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.1.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> was moving over the water. </span><span class="v0_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.3" class="v0_1_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.1.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then God commanded, “Let there be light”—and light appeared. </span><span class="v0_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.4" class="v0_1_4">4</span>God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness, </span><span class="v0_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.5" class="v0_1_5">5</span>and he named the light “Day” and the darkness “Night.” Evening passed and morning came—that was the first day.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.6-Gen.1.7" class="v0_1_6">6-7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.1.6-Gen.1.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then God commanded, “Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places”—and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it. </span><span class="v0_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.8" class="v0_1_8">8</span>He named the dome “Sky.” Evening passed and morning came—that was the second day.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.9" class="v0_1_9">9</span>Then God commanded, “Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear”—and it was done. </span><span class="v0_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.10" class="v0_1_10">10</span>He named the land “Earth,” and the water which had come together he named “Sea.” And God was pleased with what he saw. </span><span class="v0_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.11" class="v0_1_11">11</span>Then he commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit”—and it was done. </span><span class="v0_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.12" class="v0_1_12">12</span>So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw. </span><span class="v0_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.13" class="v0_1_13">13</span>Evening passed and morning came—that was the third day.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.14" class="v0_1_14">14</span>Then God commanded, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.1.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> begin; </span><span class="v0_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.15" class="v0_1_15">15</span>they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth”—and it was done. </span><span class="v0_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.16" class="v0_1_16">16</span>So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars. </span><span class="v0_1_17"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.17" class="v0_1_17">17</span>He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the earth, </span><span class="v0_1_18"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.18" class="v0_1_18">18</span>to rule over the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God was pleased with what he saw. </span><span class="v0_1_19"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.19" class="v0_1_19">19</span>Evening passed and morning came—that was the fourth day.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_1_20"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.20" class="v0_1_20">20</span>Then God commanded, “Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds.” </span><span class="v0_1_21"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.21" class="v0_1_21">21</span>So God created the great sea monsters, all kinds of creatures that live in the water, and all kinds of birds. And God was pleased with what he saw. </span><span class="v0_1_22"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.22" class="v0_1_22">22</span>He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number. </span><span class="v0_1_23"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.23" class="v0_1_23">23</span>Evening passed and morning came—that was the fifth day.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_1_24"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.24" class="v0_1_24">24</span>Then God commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small”—and it was done. </span><span class="v0_1_25"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.25" class="v0_1_25">25</span>So God made them all, and he was pleased with what he saw.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_1_26"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.26" class="v0_1_26">26</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.1.26!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then God said, “And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild,<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.1.26!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> large and small.” </span><span class="v0_1_27"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.27" class="v0_1_27">27</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.1.27!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> <a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.1.27!x.2" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female, </span><span class="v0_1_28"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.28" class="v0_1_28">28</span>blessed them, and said, “Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals. </span><span class="v0_1_29"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.29" class="v0_1_29">29</span>I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat; </span><span class="v0_1_30"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.30" class="v0_1_30">30</span>but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food”—and it was done. </span><span class="v0_1_31"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.1.31" class="v0_1_31">31</span>God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came—that was the sixth day.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.1: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">In the beginning … the universe; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">In the beginning God created the universe; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">When God began to create the universe.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.2: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the Spirit of God; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the power of God; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">a wind from God; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">an awesome wind.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.14: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">religious festivals; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">seasons.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.26: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">animals, domestic and wild; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">domestic animals and all the earth.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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