Then (A)God said, “[a]Let there be light”; and there was light.

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  1. Genesis 1:3 I.e., a command, not a request; and so throughout the ch

And God said,(A) “Let there be light,” and there was light.(B)

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Then God said, “Let there be [a]an (A)expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

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  1. Genesis 1:6 Or a firmament; i.e., atmosphere and space

And God said,(A) “Let there be a vault(B) between the waters(C) to separate water from water.”

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Then God said, “(A)Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let (B)the dry land appear”; and it was so.

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And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,(A) and let dry ground(B) appear.” And it was so.(C)

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14 Then God said, “Let there be [a](A)lights in the [b](B)expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and they shall [c]serve as (C)signs and for (D)seasons, and for days and years;

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  1. Genesis 1:14 Or luminaries, light-bearers, and so throughout the ch
  2. Genesis 1:14 Or firmament; i.e., atmosphere and space
  3. Genesis 1:14 Lit be for

14 And God said, “Let there be lights(A) in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night,(B) and let them serve as signs(C) to mark sacred times,(D) and days and years,(E)

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20 Then God said, “Let the waters [a]teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth [b]in the open [c]expanse of the heavens.”

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  1. Genesis 1:20 Or swarm
  2. Genesis 1:20 Lit on the face of
  3. Genesis 1:20 Or firmament

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)

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24 (A)Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to [a]their kind: livestock and crawling things and animals of the earth according to [b]their kind”; and it was so.

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  1. Genesis 1:24 Lit its
  2. Genesis 1:24 Lit its

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures(A) according to their kinds:(B) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.(C)

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26 Then God said, “[a]Let (A)Us make (B)mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and [b]let them (C)rule 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 crawling thing that crawls on the earth.”

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  1. Genesis 1:26 I.e., indicating united action, not a request
  2. Genesis 1:26 I.e., have them rule

26 Then God said, “Let us(A) make mankind(B) in our image,(C) in our likeness,(D) so that they may rule(E) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,(F) over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

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  1. Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth