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Genesis 1:16-28
New International Version
Genesis 1:16-28
New International Version
16 God made two great lights—the greater light(A) to govern(B) the day and the lesser light to govern(C) the night.(D) He also made the stars.(E) 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night,(F) and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.(G) 19 And there was evening, and there was morning(H)—the fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,(I) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”(J) 21 So God created(K) the great creatures of the sea(L) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,(M) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.(N) And God saw that it was good.(O) 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.”(P) 23 And there was evening, and there was morning(Q)—the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures(R) according to their kinds:(S) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.(T) 25 God made the wild animals(U) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.(V) And God saw that it was good.(W)
26 Then God said, “Let us(X) make mankind(Y) in our image,(Z) in our likeness,(AA) so that they may rule(AB) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,(AC) over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth
Genesis 1:16-28
King James Version
Genesis 1:16-28
King James Version
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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