OLD TESTAMENT





GENESIS
CHAPTER 1
Ge. 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Ge. 1:2 Now the earth was [Or possibly became] formless and empty,
darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of
God was hovering over the waters.
Ge. 1:3 And God said, �Let there be light,� and there was light.
Ge. 1:4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light
from the darkness.
Ge. 1:5 God called the light �day�, and the darkness he called
�night�. And there was evening, and there was morning �
the first day.
Ge. 1:6 And God said, �Let there be an expanse between the waters
to separate water from water.�
Ge. 1:7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the
expanse from the water above it. And it was so.
Ge. 1:8 God called the expanse �sky�. And there was evening, and
there was morning � the second day.
Ge. 1:9 And God said, �Let the water under the sky be gathered to
one place, and let dry ground appear.� And it was so.
Ge. 1:10 God called the dry ground �land�, and the gathered waters he
called �seas�. And God saw that it was good.
Ge. 1:11 Then God said, �Let the land produce vegetation: seedbearing
plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed
in it, according to their various kinds.� And it was so.
Ge. 1:12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according
to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according
to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
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Ge. 1:13 And there was evening, and there was morning � the third
day.
Ge. 1:14 And God said, �Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky
to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs
to mark seasons and days and years,
Ge. 1:15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light
on the earth.� And it was so.
Ge. 1:16 God made two great lights � the greater light to govern the
day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the
stars.
Ge. 1:17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the
earth,
Ge. 1:18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from
darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Ge. 1:19 And there was evening, and there was morning � the fourth
day.
Ge. 1:20 And God said, �Let the water teem with living creatures, and
let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.�
Ge. 1:21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living
and moving thing with which the water teems, according to
their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And
God saw that it was good.
Ge. 1:22 God blessed them and said, �Be fruitful and increase in
number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds
increase on the earth.�
Ge. 1:23 And there was evening, and there was morning � the fifth
day.
Ge. 1:24 And God said, �Let the land produce living creatures
according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along
the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.�
And it was so.
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Ge. 1:25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the
livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that
move along the ground according to their kinds. And God
saw that it was good.
Ge. 1:26 Then God said, �Let us make man in our image, in our
likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the
birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth,
[Hebrew; Syriac all the wild animals] and over all the
creatures that move along the ground.�
Ge. 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God
he created him; male and female he created them.
Ge. 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, �Be fruitful and increase
in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of
the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature
that moves on the ground.�
Ge. 1:29 Then God said, �I give you every seed-bearing plant on the
face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed
in it. They will be yours for food.
Ge. 1:30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air
and all the creatures that move on the ground � everything
that has the breath of life in it � I give every green plant for
food.� And it was so.
Ge. 1:31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And
there was evening, and there was morning � the sixth day.
CHAPTER 2
Ge. 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their
vast array.
Ge. 2:2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been