Genesis 1:14-2:9
New American Standard Bible
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; 15 and they [d]shall serve as lights in the [e]expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16 God made the two great lights, the (E)greater light [f]to govern the day, and the lesser light [g]to govern the night; He made (F)the stars also. 17 (G)God placed them in the [h]expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and [i]to (H)govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20 Then God said, “Let the waters [j]teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth [k]in the open [l]expanse of the heavens.” 21 And God created (I)the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind; and God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 (J)Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to [m]their kind: livestock and crawling things and animals of the earth according to [n]their kind”; and it was so. 25 God made the (K)animals of the earth according to [o]their kind, and the livestock according to [p]their kind, and everything that crawls on the ground according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “[q]Let (L)Us make (M)mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and [r]let them (N)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.” 27 So God created man (O)in His own image, in the image of God He created him; (P)male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “(Q)Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that [s]moves on the earth.” 29 Then God said, “Behold, (R)I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the [t]surface of all the earth, and every tree [u]which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30 and (S)to every animal of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to everything that [v]moves on the earth [w]which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. 31 And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very (T)good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
2 And so the heavens and the earth were completed, and all (U)their heavenly [x]lights. 2 By (V)the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and (W)He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God had created [y]and made.
The Creation of Man and Woman
4 [z](X)This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in (Y)the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven. 5 (Z)Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, (AA)for the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to [aa]cultivate the ground. 6 But a [ab]mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole [ac]surface of the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed the man of (AB)dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the (AC)man became a living [ad]person. 8 The Lord God planted a (AD)garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. 9 Out of the ground the Lord God caused (AE)every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; (AF)the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Footnotes
- Genesis 1:14 Or luminaries, light-bearers, and so throughout the ch
- Genesis 1:14 Or firmament; i.e., atmosphere and space
- Genesis 1:14 Lit be for
- Genesis 1:15 Lit be for
- Genesis 1:15 Or firmament
- Genesis 1:16 Lit for the dominion of
- Genesis 1:16 Lit for the dominion of
- Genesis 1:17 Or firmament
- Genesis 1:18 Lit for the dominion of
- Genesis 1:20 Or swarm
- Genesis 1:20 Lit on the face of
- Genesis 1:20 Or firmament
- Genesis 1:24 Lit its
- Genesis 1:24 Lit its
- Genesis 1:25 Lit its
- Genesis 1:25 Lit its
- Genesis 1:26 I.e., indicating united action, not a request
- Genesis 1:26 I.e., have them rule
- Genesis 1:28 Or crawls
- Genesis 1:29 Lit face of
- Genesis 1:29 Lit in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed
- Genesis 1:30 Or crawls
- Genesis 1:30 Lit in which is living breath
- Genesis 2:1 Lit host i.e., sun, stars, etc.
- Genesis 2:3 Lit to make
- Genesis 2:4 Lit These are the generations
- Genesis 2:5 Lit work, serve
- Genesis 2:6 Or flow
- Genesis 2:6 Lit face of
- Genesis 2:7 Or soul
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