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
1599 Geneva Bible
The First Book of Moses, called [a]Genesis
1 1 God created the heaven and the earth. 3 The light and the darkness, 8 The firmament, 9 He separateth the water from the earth. 16 He createth the sun, the moon, and the stars. 21 He createth the fish, birds, beasts, 26 He createth man, and giveth him rule over all creatures, 29 And provideth nurture for man and beast.
1 In the [b]beginning (A)God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was [c][d]without form and void, and [e]darkness was upon the [f]deep, and the Spirit of God [g]moved upon the [h]waters.
3 Then God said, (B)Let there be light: And there was [i]light.
4 And God saw the light that it was good, and God separated [j]the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the Light, Day, and the darkness he called Night. [k]So the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 ¶ Again God said, (C)Let there be a [l]firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.
7 Then God made the firmament, and separated the waters, which were [m]under the firmament, from the waters which were (D)above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament, [n]Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 ¶ God said again, (E)Let the waters under the heaven be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land, Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters, Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, [o]Let the earth bud forth the bud of the herb, that seedeth seed, the fruitful tree, which beareth fruit according to his kind, which hath his seed in itself upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth the bud of the herb, that seedeth seed according to his kind, also the tree that beareth fruit, which hath his seed in itself according to his kind: and God [p]saw that it was good.
13 So the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 ¶ And God said, (F)Let there be [q]lights in the firmament of the heaven, to [r]separate the day from the night, and let them be for [s]signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 God then made two great [t]lights: the greater light to [u]rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made also the stars.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to shine upon the earth,
18 And to (G)rule in the day, and in the night, and to separate the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 Afterward God said, Let the waters bring forth in abundance every [v]creeping thing that hath [w]life: and let the fowl fly upon the earth in the [x]open firmament of the heaven.
21 Then God created the great whales, and everything living and moving, which the [y]waters brought forth in abundance according to their kind, and every feathered fowl according to his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 Then God [z]blessed them, saying, Bring forth fruit and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the fowl multiply in the earth.
23 So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 ¶ Moreover God said, Let the earth bring forth the [aa]living thing according to his kind, cattle, and that which creepeth, and the beast of the earth according to his kind, and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth according to his kind, and the cattle according to his kind, and every creeping thing of the earth according to his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 Furthermore God said, (H)[ab]Let us make man in our [ac]image according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over the beasts, and over all the earth, and over everything that creepeth and moveth on the earth.
27 Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God created he him: he created them (I)male and female.
28 And God [ad]blessed them, and God said to them, (J)Bring forth fruit, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over every beast that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given unto you [ae]every herb bearing seed, which is upon all the earth, and every tree, wherein is the fruit of a tree bearing seed: (K)that shall be to you for meat.
30 Likewise to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heaven, and to everything that moveth upon the earth, which hath life in itself, every green herb shall be for meat, and it was so.
31 (L)And God saw all that he had made, and lo, it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Footnotes
- Genesis 1:1 This word signifieth the beginning and generation of the creatures.
- Genesis 1:1 First of all, and before that any creature was, God made heaven and earth of nothing.
- Genesis 1:2 As a rude lump and without any creature in it: for the waters covered all.
- Genesis 1:2 Or, waste.
- Genesis 1:2 Darkness covered the deep waters, for as yet the light was not created.
- Genesis 1:2 Hebrew, face of the deep.
- Genesis 1:2 He maintained this confused heap by his secret power.
- Genesis 1:2 Hebrew, face of the waters.
- Genesis 1:3 The light was made before either Sun or Moon was created: therefore we must not attribute that to the creatures that are God’s instruments, which only appertaineth to God.
- Genesis 1:4 Hebrew, between the light, and between the darkness.
- Genesis 1:5 Hebrew, so was the evening, so was the morning.
- Genesis 1:6 Or, spreading over, and air.
- Genesis 1:7 As the sea and rivers, from those waters that are in the clouds, which are upheld by God’s power, lest they should overwhelm the world.
- Genesis 1:8 That is, the region of the air, and all that is above us.
- Genesis 1:11 So that we see it is the only power of God’s word that maketh the earth fruitful, which else naturally is barren.
- Genesis 1:12 This sentence is so oft repeated, to signify that God made all his creatures to serve to his glory, and to the profit of man: but for sin they were accursed, yet to the elect, by Christ they are restored, and serve to their wealth.
- Genesis 1:14 By the lights he meaneth the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars.
- Genesis 1:14 Which is the artificial day, from the Sun rising, to the going down.
- Genesis 1:14 Of things appertaining to natural and political orders and seasons.
- Genesis 1:16 To wit, the Sun and the Moon, and here he speaketh, as man judgeth by his eye: for else the Moon is less than the planet Saturn.
- Genesis 1:16 To give it sufficient light, as instruments appointed for the same, to serve to man’s use.
- Genesis 1:20 As fish and worms which slide, swim, or creep.
- Genesis 1:20 Hebrew, the soul of life.
- Genesis 1:20 Hebrew, face of the firmament.
- Genesis 1:21 The fish and fowls had both one beginning, wherein we see that nature giveth place to God’s will, forasmuch as the one sort is made to fly about in the air, and the other to swim beneath in the water.
- Genesis 1:22 That is, by the virtue of his word he gave power to his creatures to engender.
- Genesis 1:24 Hebrew, soul of life.
- Genesis 1:26 God commanded the water and the earth to bring forth other creatures: but of man he saith, Let us make: signifying, that God taketh counsel with his wisdom and virtue, purposing to make an excellent work above all the rest of his creation.
- Genesis 1:26 This image and likeness of God in man is expounded, Eph. 4:24, where it is written that man was created after God in righteousness and true holiness, meaning by these two words, all perfection, as wisdom, truth, innocence, power, etc.
- Genesis 1:28 The propagation of man is the blessing of God, Ps. 128.
- Genesis 1:29 God’s great liberality to man, taketh away all excuse of his ingratitude.
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.
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