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Genesis 1
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Genesis 1
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Creation
1 In the beginning(A) God created the heavens and the earth.[a](B)
2 Now the earth was formless and empty,(C) darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.(D) 3 Then God said, ‘Let there be light,’(E) and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light ‘day’, and the darkness he called ‘night’. There was an evening, and there was a morning: one day.
6 Then God said, ‘Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.’(F) 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse.(G) And it was so. 8 God called the expanse ‘sky’.[b] Evening came and then morning: the second day.
9 Then God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place,(H) and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so. 10 God called the dry land ‘earth’, and the gathering of the water he called ‘seas’. And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, ‘Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.’(I) And it was so. 12 The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 Evening came and then morning: the third day.
14 Then God said, ‘Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs(J) for seasons[c] and for days and years.(K) 15 They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.’ And it was so. 16 God made the two great lights – the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night – as well as the stars.(L) 17 God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth, 18 to rule the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness.(M) And God saw that it was good. 19 Evening came and then morning: the fourth day.
20 Then God said, ‘Let the water swarm with[d] living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.’ 21 So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water,(N) according to their kinds. He also created every winged creature according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them: ‘Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.’(O) 23 Evening came and then morning: the fifth day.
24 Then God said, ‘Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.’ And it was so. 25 So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, ‘Let us(P) make man[e] in[f] our image, according to our likeness.(Q) They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl[g] on the earth.’(R)
27 So God created man in his own image;
he created him in the image of God;
he created them male and female.(S)
28 God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth,(T) and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.’ 29 God also said, ‘Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This will be food for you,(U) 30 for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and for every creature that crawls on the earth – everything having the breath of life in it – I have given[h] every green plant for food.’(V) And it was so. 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed.(W) Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.
Genesi 1
La Nuova Diodati
Genesi 1
La Nuova Diodati
1 Nel principio DIO creò i cieli e la terra.
2 La terra era informe e vuota e le tenebre coprivano la faccia dell'abisso; e lo Spirito di DIO aleggiava sulla superficie delle acque.
3 Poi DIO disse: "Sia la luce!". E la luce fu.
4 E DIO vide che la luce era buona; e DIO separò la luce dalle tenebre.
5 E DIO chiamò la luce "giorno" e chiamò le tenebre "notte". Così fu sera. Poi fu mattina: il primo giorno.
6 Poi DIO disse: «Vi sia un firmamento tra le acque che separi le acque dalle acque».
7 E DIO fece il firmamento e separò le acque che erano sotto il firmamento dalle acque che erano sopra il firmamento. E così fu.
8 E DIO chiamò il firmamento "cielo". Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: il secondo giorno.
9 Poi Dio disse: «le acque che sono sotto il cielo siano raccolte in un unico luogo, e appaia l'asciutto». E così fu.
10 E DIO chiamò l'asciutto "terra", e chiamò la raccolta delle acque "mari". E DIO vide che questo era buono.
11 Poi DIO disse: Faccia la terra germogliare la verdura, le erbe che facciano seme e gli alberi da frutto che portino sulla terra un frutto contenente il proprio seme, ciascuno secondo la propria specie». E così fu.
12 E la terra produsse verdura, erbe che facevano seme secondo la loro specie e alberi che portavano frutto contenente il proprio seme, ciascuno secondo la propria specie. E DIO vide che questo era buono.
13 Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: il terzo giorno.
14 Poi DIO disse: Vi siano dei luminari nel firmamento dei cieli per separare il giorno dalla notte; e siano per segni e per stagioni e per giorni e per anni;
15 e servano da luminari nel firmamento dei cieli per far luce sulla terra. E così fu.
16 DIO fece quindi i due grandi luminari: il luminare maggiore per il governo del giorno e il luminare minore per il governo della notte; e fece pure le stelle.
17 E DIO li mise nel firmamento dei cieli per far luce sulla terra.
18 per governare il giorno e la notte, e separare la luce dalle tenebre. E DIO vide che questo era buono.
19 Così fu sera, e fu mattina: il quarto giorno.
20 Poi DIO disse: «Brulichino le acque di moltitudini di esseri viventi, e volino gli uccelli sopra la terra per l'ampio firmamento del cielo».
21 Così DIO creò i grandi animali acquatici e tutti gli esseri viventi che si muovono, di cui brulicano le acque, ciascuno secondo la propria specie, ed ogni volatile secondo la sua specie. E DIO vide che questo era buono.
22 E Dio li benedisse dicendo: «Siate fruttiferi, moltiplicate e riempite le acque dei mari, e gli uccelli si moltiplichino sulla terra».
23 Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: il quinto giorno.
24 Poi DIO disse: «Produca la terra esseri viventi secondo la loro specie: bestiame, rettili e fiere della terra, secondo la loro specie». E così fu.
25 E DIO fece le fiere della terra secondo la loro specie, il bestiame secondo la propria specie, e tutti i rettili della terra secondo la loro specie. E DIO vide che questo era buono.
26 Poi DIO disse: «Facciamo l'uomo a nostra immagine e a nostra somiglianza, ed abbia dominio sui pesci del mare, sugli uccelli del cielo, sul bestiame e su tutta la terra, e su tutti i rettili che strisciano sulla terra».
27 Così DIO creò l'uomo a sua immagine; lo creò a immagine di DIO; li creò maschio e femmina.
28 E DIO li benedisse e DIO disse loro «Siate fruttiferi e moltiplicatevi, riempite la terra e soggiogatela, e dominate sui pesci del mare, sugli uccelli del cielo e sopra ogni essere vivente che si muove sulla terra».
29 E DIO disse: «Ecco io vi do ogni erba che fa seme sulla superficie di tutta la terra e ogni albero che abbia frutti portatori di seme; questo vi servirà di nutrimento.
30 E a ogni animale della terra, a ogni uccello dei cieli e a tutto ciò che si muove sulla terra ed ha in sé un soffio di vita, io do ogni erba verde per nutrimento». E così fu.
31 Allora DIO vide tutto ciò che aveva fatto, ed ecco, era molto buono. Così fu sera poi fu mattina: il sesto giorno.
Genesis 1
New King James Version
Genesis 1
New King James Version
The History of Creation(A)
1 In the (B)beginning (C)God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was (D)without form, and void; and darkness [a]was on the face of the deep. (E)And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 (F)Then God said, (G)“Let there be (H)light”; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the (I)darkness He called Night. [b]So the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 Then God said, (J)“Let there be a [c]firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” 7 Thus God made the firmament, (K)and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were (L)above the firmament; and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 Then God said, (M)“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and (N)let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, “Let the earth (O)bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the (P)fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13 So the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 Then God said, “Let there be (Q)lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and (R)seasons, and for days and years; 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16 Then God made two great [d]lights: the (S)greater light to rule the day, and the (T)lesser light to rule the night. He made (U)the stars also. 17 God set them in the firmament of the (V)heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and to (W)rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living [e]creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the [f]firmament of the heavens.” 21 So (X)God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, (Y)“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, (Z)“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; (AA)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over [g]all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man (AB)in His own image; in the image of God He created him; (AC)male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, (AD)“Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and (AE)subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that [h]moves on the earth.”
29 And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; (AF)to you it shall be for food. 30 Also, to (AG)every beast of the earth, to every (AH)bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is [i]life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. 31 Then (AI)God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Footnotes
- Genesis 1:2 Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.
- Genesis 1:5 Lit. And evening was, and morning was, a day, one.
- Genesis 1:6 expanse
- Genesis 1:16 luminaries
- Genesis 1:20 souls
- Genesis 1:20 expanse
- Genesis 1:26 Syr. all the wild animals of
- Genesis 1:28 moves about on
- Genesis 1:30 a living soul
Genesis 1
New International Version
Genesis 1
New International Version
The Beginning
1 In the beginning(A) God created(B) the heavens(C) and the earth.(D) 2 Now the earth was formless(E) and empty,(F) darkness was over the surface of the deep,(G) and the Spirit of God(H) was hovering(I) over the waters.
3 And God said,(J) “Let there be light,” and there was light.(K) 4 God saw that the light was good,(L) and he separated the light from the darkness.(M) 5 God called(N) the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”(O) And there was evening, and there was morning(P)—the first day.
6 And God said,(Q) “Let there be a vault(R) between the waters(S) to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.(T) And it was so.(U) 8 God called(V) the vault “sky.”(W) And there was evening, and there was morning(X)—the second day.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,(Y) and let dry ground(Z) appear.” And it was so.(AA) 10 God called(AB) the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters(AC) he called “seas.”(AD) And God saw that it was good.(AE)
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:(AF) seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.(AG)” And it was so.(AH) 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds(AI) and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.(AJ) 13 And there was evening, and there was morning(AK)—the third day.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights(AL) in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night,(AM) and let them serve as signs(AN) to mark sacred times,(AO) and days and years,(AP) 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.(AQ) 16 God made two great lights—the greater light(AR) to govern(AS) the day and the lesser light to govern(AT) the night.(AU) He also made the stars.(AV) 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night,(AW) and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.(AX) 19 And there was evening, and there was morning(AY)—the fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,(AZ) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”(BA) 21 So God created(BB) the great creatures of the sea(BC) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,(BD) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.(BE) And God saw that it was good.(BF) 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.”(BG) 23 And there was evening, and there was morning(BH)—the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures(BI) according to their kinds:(BJ) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.(BK) 25 God made the wild animals(BL) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.(BM) And God saw that it was good.(BN)
26 Then God said, “Let us(BO) make mankind(BP) in our image,(BQ) in our likeness,(BR) so that they may rule(BS) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,(BT) over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created(BU) mankind(BV) in his own image,(BW)
in the image of God(BX) he created them;
male and female(BY) he created them.(BZ)
28 God blessed them and said to them,(CA) “Be fruitful and increase in number;(CB) fill the earth(CC) and subdue it. Rule over(CD) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.(CE)”
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.(CF) 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(CG) in it—I give every green plant for food.(CH)” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made,(CI) and it was very good.(CJ) And there was evening, and there was morning(CK)—the sixth day.
Footnotes
- Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth
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