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Genesis 1:20-2:4
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Genesis 1:20-2:4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.” 21 So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good.(A) 22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”(B) 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind and the cattle of every kind and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good.(C)
26 Then God said, “Let us make humans[a] in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the wild animals of the earth[b] and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”(D)
27 So God created humans[c] in his image,
in the image of God he created them;[d]
male and female he created them.(E)
28 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 air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”(F) 29 God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.(G) 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.(H) 31 God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.(I)
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all their multitude.(J) 2 On the sixth[e] day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.(K) 3 So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.(L)
4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.
Another Account of the Creation
In the day that the Lord[f] God made the earth and the heavens,
Genesis 1:20-2:4
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Genesis 1:20-2:4
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20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,(A) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”(B) 21 So God created(C) the great creatures of the sea(D) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,(E) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.(F) And God saw that it was good.(G) 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.”(H) 23 And there was evening, and there was morning(I)—the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures(J) according to their kinds:(K) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.(L) 25 God made the wild animals(M) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.(N) And God saw that it was good.(O)
26 Then God said, “Let us(P) make mankind(Q) in our image,(R) in our likeness,(S) so that they may rule(T) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,(U) over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created(V) mankind(W) in his own image,(X)
in the image of God(Y) he created them;
male and female(Z) he created them.(AA)
28 God blessed them and said to them,(AB) “Be fruitful and increase in number;(AC) fill the earth(AD) and subdue it. Rule over(AE) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.(AF)”
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.(AG) 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life(AH) in it—I give every green plant for food.(AI)” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made,(AJ) and it was very good.(AK) And there was evening, and there was morning(AL)—the sixth day.
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.(AM)
2 By the seventh day(AN) God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.(AO) 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,(AP) because on it he rested(AQ) from all the work of creating(AR) that he had done.
Adam and Eve
4 This is the account(AS) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,(AT) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
Footnotes
- Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth
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