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Genesis 1:1-2:3
Lexham English Bible

The Creation

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth— 2 Now[a] the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light!” And there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good, and God caused there to be a separation between the light and between the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

6 And God said, “Let there be a vaulted dome[b] in the midst of the waters, and let it cause a separation between the waters.”[c] 7 So[d] God made the vaulted dome,[e] and he caused a separation between the waters which were under the vaulted dome[f] and between the waters which were over the vaulted dome.[g] And it was so. 8 And God called the vaulted dome[h] “heaven.”[i] And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

9 And God said, “Let the waters under heaven[j] be gathered to one place, and let the dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 And God called the dry ground “earth,” and he called the collection of the waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, “Let the earth produce green plants that will bear seed—fruit trees bearing fruit in which there is seed[k]—according to its[l] kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth green plants bearing seed according to its[m] kind, and trees bearing fruit in which there was seed[n] according to its[o] kind. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights[p] in the vaulted dome[q] of heaven[r] to separate day from night,[s] and let them be as signs and for appointed times, and for days and years, 15 and they shall be as lights[t] in the vaulted dome[u] of heaven[v] to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 And God made two lights,[w] the greater light[x] to rule[y] the day and the smaller light[z] to rule[aa] the night, and the stars. 17 And God placed them in the vaulted dome[ab] of heaven[ac] to give light on the earth 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate light from darkness.[ad] And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth across the face of the vaulted dome[ae] of heaven.[af] 21 So[ag] God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kind, and every bird with wings according to its[ah] kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.

24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kind: cattle and moving things, and wild animals[ai] according to their kind.” And it was so. 25 So[aj] God made wild animals[ak] according to their kind and the cattle according to their kind, and every creeping thing of the earth according to its[al] kind. And God saw that it was good.

26 And God said, “Let us make humankind in[am] our image and according to[an] our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of heaven,[ao] and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every moving thing that moves upon the earth.” 27 So[ap] God created humankind in[aq] his image, in[ar] the likeness of God he created him,[as] male and female he created them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven,[at] and over every animal that moves upon the earth.”

29 And God said, “Look—I am giving to you every plant that bears seed which is on the face of the whole earth, and every kind of tree that bears fruit.[au] They shall be yours as food.” 30 And to every kind of animal of the earth and to every bird of heaven,[av] and to everything that moves upon the earth in which there is life I am giving every green plant as food.” And it was so. 31 And God saw everything that he had made and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning, a sixth day.

2 And heaven[aw] and earth[ax] and all their array[ay] were finished. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and he sanctified[az] it, because on it he rested from all his work of creating that there was to do.[ba]

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:2 Or “And”
  2. Genesis 1:6 Or “expanse”
  3. Genesis 1:6 Literally “Let there be a separation made between waters to waters”
  4. Genesis 1:7 Or “And”
  5. Genesis 1:7 Or “expanse”
  6. Genesis 1:7 Or “expanse”
  7. Genesis 1:7 Or “expanse”
  8. Genesis 1:8 Or “expanse”
  9. Genesis 1:8 Or “sky”
  10. Genesis 1:9 Or “the sky”
  11. Genesis 1:11 Literally “which its seed is in it”
  12. Genesis 1:11 Or “their”
  13. Genesis 1:12 Or “their”
  14. Genesis 1:12 Literally “which its seed is in it”
  15. Genesis 1:12 Or “their”
  16. Genesis 1:14 Or “light sources”
  17. Genesis 1:14 Or “expanse”
  18. Genesis 1:14 Or “the sky”
  19. Genesis 1:14 Literally “to make a separation between the day and between the night”
  20. Genesis 1:15 Or “light sources”
  21. Genesis 1:15 Or “expanse”
  22. Genesis 1:15 Or “the sky”
  23. Genesis 1:16 Or “light sources”
  24. Genesis 1:16 Or “light source”
  25. Genesis 1:16 Literally “as the authority of”
  26. Genesis 1:16 Or “light source”
  27. Genesis 1:16 Literally “as the authority of”
  28. Genesis 1:17 Or “expanse”
  29. Genesis 1:17 Or “the sky”
  30. Genesis 1:18 Literally “make a separation between the light and between the darkness”
  31. Genesis 1:20 Or “expanse”
  32. Genesis 1:20 Or “the sky”
  33. Genesis 1:21 Or “And”
  34. Genesis 1:21 Or “their”
  35. Genesis 1:24 Literally “animals of the earth/land”
  36. Genesis 1:25 Or “And”
  37. Genesis 1:25 Literally “animals of the earth/land”
  38. Genesis 1:25 Or “their”
  39. Genesis 1:26 Or “as”
  40. Genesis 1:26 Or “as”
  41. Genesis 1:26 Or “the sky”
  42. Genesis 1:27 Or “And”
  43. Genesis 1:27 Or “as”
  44. Genesis 1:27 Or “as”
  45. Genesis 1:27 Or “it” collective: humankind
  46. Genesis 1:28 Or “the sky”
  47. Genesis 1:29 Literally “which in it fruit of a tree bears seed”
  48. Genesis 1:30 Or “the sky”
  49. Genesis 2:1 Or “the sky”
  50. Genesis 2:1 Or “the earth”
  51. Genesis 2:1 Or “host”
  52. Genesis 2:3 Or “hallowed”
  53. Genesis 2:3 Literally “which God created to do”
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Genesis 1:1-2:3
Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Creation

1 In the beginning(A) God created the heavens and the earth.[a](B)

2 Now the earth was[b] 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 He called the darkness “night.” Evening came and then morning: the first day.

6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse[c] 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.”[d] 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 He called the gathering of the water “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 festivals[e] 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 have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion 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 dominate 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[f] living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 21 So God created the large sea-creatures[g] and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water,(N) according to their kinds. He also created every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 So 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 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 in Our image, according to Our likeness.(Q) They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth,[h] and the creatures that crawl[i] 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[j] 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 food will be 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 every green plant for food.”(V) And it was so. 31 God saw all that He had made, and it was very good.(W) Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.

2 So the heavens and the earth and everything in them[k] were completed.(X) 2 By the seventh[l] day God completed His work that He had done, and He rested[m] on the seventh day from all His work that He had done.(Y) 3 God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it He rested(Z) from His work of creation.[n](AA)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:1 Or created the universe
  2. Genesis 1:2 Or When God began to create the sky and the earth, 2 the earth was
  3. Genesis 1:6 The Hb word for expanse is from a root meaning “to spread out, stamp, beat firmly,” which suggests something like a dome; Jb 37:16-18; Is 40:22.
  4. Genesis 1:8 Or “heavens”
  5. Genesis 1:14 Or for the appointed times
  6. Genesis 1:20 Lit with swarms of
  7. Genesis 1:21 Or created sea monsters
  8. Genesis 1:26 Syr reads sky, and over every animal of the land
  9. Genesis 1:26 Lit scurry
  10. Genesis 1:28 Lit and all scurrying animals that scurry
  11. Genesis 2:1 Lit and all their host
  12. Genesis 2:2 Sam, LXX, Syr read sixth
  13. Genesis 2:2 Or ceased
  14. Genesis 2:3 Lit work that God created to make
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