The First Book of Moses: Genesis

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(John 1:1–5; Hebrews 11:1–3)

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

When he began to create the earth, it was shapeless and completely desolate. Darkness covered the surface of the deep water. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the water.

The First Day

God said, “I command there to be light,” and there was light.

God was pleased with the light. Then he made the light shine in some places at certain times, while in other places there was still darkness.

He named the light “day,” and he named the darkness “night.” This was an evening and morning, the first day.

The Second Day

Then God said, “I command that there be an empty space like a huge dome to separate the water into two parts.”

And that is what happened. God made the empty space like a huge dome and it separated the water that is above it from the water on the earth that is below it.

God named the space like a huge dome “sky.” This was an evening and morning, the second day.

The Third Day

Then God said, “I command the water that is below the sky to come together, and dry ground to appear and rise above it.” And that is what happened.

God gave to the ground the name “earth,” and he gave to the water that came together the name “oceans.” God was pleased with the earth and the oceans.

Then God said, “I command the earth to produce many kinds of plants that reproduce themselves, plants that will produce seeds and trees that will produce fruit with their seed in it.” And that is what happened.

Then plants grew on the earth. Each kind of plant began to produce its own kind of seed, and each kind of tree produced fruit with its seed in it. God was pleased with the plants and trees.

This was an evening and morning, the third day.

The Fourth Day

Then God said, “I command many lights to shine in the sky. They will distinguish day from night. By the changes in their appearance they will indicate the time for various festivals and other things that people do at certain times and in certain years.

I also want these lights in the sky to shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened.

God made two of them to be very big lights. The biggest one, the sun, he made to govern the day and the smaller one, the moon, he made to govern the night. He also made the stars.

God set all of them in the sky to shine on the earth,

to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light of the daytime from the darkness of the nighttime. God was pleased with the lights.

This was an evening and morning, the fourth day.

The Fifth Day

Then God said, “Fill the waters with all kinds of living things that I have made, and fill the sky with birds that fly above the earth.”

So God created the very large creatures that live in the sea, and he created all the other living things that are found, in very great numbers, in the waters. He also created every kind of bird that has wings. All these creatures would be able to produce their own offspring. God looked at all that he had made and he was pleased with them.

So God blessed them. He said, “Produce offspring and become very numerous. I want the creatures in the water to live throughout all the bodies of water, and the birds also to become very numerous.”

This was an evening and morning, the fifth day.

The Sixth Day

Then God said, “I command the earth to produce various kinds of animals that reproduce themselves to live on the earth. There will be many kinds of domestic animals, creatures that crawl on the ground, and large wild animals.” And that is what happened.

God made all kinds of wild animals and domestic animals and all kinds of creatures that crawl on the ground. They could all produce more animals of their same kind. God was pleased with them.

Then God said, “Let us make human beings to be like us. I want them to rule over the fish in the sea, over the birds in the sky, over all the domestic animals, and over all the other creatures that move across the surface of the ground.”

So God created human beings that were like him in many ways. He made them to be like himself. He created them as male and female.

God blessed them, saying, “Produce many children, who should live all over the earth and rule over it. I want you to rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over all the creatures that move across the surface of the ground.”

God said, “Look! I have given you all the plants that produce seeds all over the earth, and all the trees that produce fruit. All these things are for you to eat.

I have given all the green plants to be food for all the wild animals, for the birds, and for all the creatures that move across the surface of the ground, that is, for everything that has life-giving breath in it.” And that is what happened.

God was pleased with everything that he had made. Truly, it was all very good. This was an evening and morning, the sixth day.

(John 1:1–5; Hebrews 11:1–3)

In the beginning, God

(a)

created the heavens and the earth.

The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

The First Day

God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

The Second Day

God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

The Third Day

God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.

God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.

God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.

The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

The Fourth Day

God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;

and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.

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.

God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

The Fifth Day

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

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.

God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

The Sixth Day

God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so.

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.

God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. 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.”

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

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.”

God said, “Behold,(b) 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.

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.

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Fußnoten

(a)1:1 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

(b)1:29 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.