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World English Bible Classic
[1] In the beginning, God§ created the heavens and the earth. [2] The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. [3] God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. [4] God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness. [5] God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day. [6] God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” [7] God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. [8] God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day. [9] God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so. [10] God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good. [11] God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so. [12] The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. [13] There was evening and there was morning, a third day. [14] God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years; [15] and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so. [16] God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars. [17] God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth, [18] and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good. [19] There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. [20] God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.” [21] God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. 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] There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. [24] God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so. [25] God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good. [26] God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion 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 creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” [27] God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. [28] God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” [29] God said, “Behold,§ I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. [30] To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so. [31] God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Footnotes

  1. The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
  2. “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
King James Version
[1] In the beginningH7225 GodH430 createdH1254(QalPerf) the heavenH8064 andH853 the earth.H776 [2] And the earthH776 wasH1961(QalPerf) without form,H8414 and void;H922 and darknessH2822 [was] upon the faceH6440 of the deep.H8415 And the SpiritH7307 of GodH430 movedH7363(PielPtc) uponH5921 the faceH6440 of the waters.H4325 [3] And GodH430 said,H559(QalImpf) Let there beH1961(QalImpf) light:H216 and there was light.H216 [4] And GodH430 sawH7200(QalImpf) the light,H216 thatH3588 [it was] good:H2896 and GodH430 dividedH914(HiphImpf) the lightH216 fromH996 the darkness.H2822 [5] And GodH430 calledH7121(QalImpf) the lightH216 Day,H3117 and the darknessH2822 he calledH7121(QalPerf) Night.H3915 And the eveningH6153 and the morningH1242 were the firstH259 day.H3117 [6] And GodH430 said,H559(QalImpf) Let there be a firmamentH7549 in the midstH8432 of the waters,H4325 and let it divideH914(HiphPtc) the watersH4325 from the waters.H4325 [7] And GodH430 madeH6213(QalImpf) the firmament,H7549 and dividedH914(HiphImpf) the watersH4325 whichH834 [were] underH8478 the firmamentH7549 from the watersH4325 whichH834 [were] aboveH5921 the firmament:H7549 and it was so.H3651 [8] And GodH430 calledH7121(QalImpf) the firmamentH7549 Heaven.H8064 And the eveningH6153 and the morningH1242 were the secondH8145 day.H3117 [9] And GodH430 said,H559(QalImpf) Let the watersH4325 under the heavenH8064 be gathered togetherH6960(NiphImpf) untoH413 oneH259 place,H4725 and let the dryH3004 [land] appear:H7200(NiphImpf) and it was so. [10] And GodH430 calledH7121(QalImpf) the dryH3004 [land] Earth;H776 and the gathering togetherH4723 of the watersH4325 calledH7121(QalPerf) he Seas:H3220 and GodH430 sawH7200(QalImpf) that [it was] good.H2896 [11] And GodH430 said,H559(QalImpf) Let the earthH776 bring forthH1876(HiphImpf) grass,H1877 the herbH6212 yieldingH2232(HiphPtc) seed,H2233 [and] the fruitH6529 treeH6086 yieldingH6213(QalActPtc) fruitH6529 after his kind,H4327 whoseH834 seedH2233 [is] in itself, upon the earth:H776 and it was so. [12] And the earthH776 brought forthH3318(HiphImpf) grass,H1877 [and] herbH6212 yieldingH2232(HiphPtc) seedH2233 after his kind,H4327 and the treeH6086 yieldingH6213(QalActPtc) fruit,H6529 whose seedH2233 [was] in itself, after his kind:H4327 and GodH430 sawH7200(QalImpf) that [it was] good.H2896 [13] And the eveningH6153 and the morningH1242 were the thirdH7992 day.H3117 [14] And GodH430 said,H559(QalImpf) Let there be lightsH3974 in the firmamentH7549 of the heavenH8064 to divideH914(HiphInf) the dayH3117 from the night;H3915 and let them be for signs,H226 and for seasons,H4150 and for days,H3117 and years:H8141 [15] And let them be for lightsH3974 in the firmamentH7549 of the heavenH8064 to give lightH215(HiphInf) upon the earth:H776 and it was so. [16] And GodH430 madeH6213(QalImpf) twoH8147 greatH1419 lights;H3974 the greaterH1419 lightH3974 to ruleH4475 the day,H3117 and the lesserH6996 lightH3974 to ruleH4475 the night:H3915 [he made] the starsH3556 also. [17] And GodH430 setH5414(QalImpf) them in the firmamentH7549 of the heavenH8064 to give lightH215(HiphInf) upon the earth,H776 [18] And to ruleH4910(QalInf) over the dayH3117 and over the night,H3915 and to divideH914(HiphInf) the lightH216 from the darkness:H2822 and GodH430 sawH7200(QalImpf) that [it was] good.H2896 [19] And the eveningH6153 and the morningH1242 were the fourthH7243 day.H3117 [20] And GodH430 said,H559(QalImpf) Let the watersH4325 bring forth abundantlyH8317(QalImpf) the moving creatureH8318 that hathH5315 life,H2416 and fowlH5775 [that] may flyH5774(PoleImpf) aboveH5921 the earthH776 in the openH6440 firmamentH7549 of heaven.H8064 [21] And GodH430 createdH1254(QalImpf) greatH1419 whales,H8577 and every livingH2416 creatureH5315 that moveth,H7430(QalActPtc) which the watersH4325 brought forth abundantly,H8317(QalPerf) after their kind,H4327 and every wingedH3671 fowlH5775 after his kind:H4327 and GodH430 sawH7200(QalImpf) that [it was] good.H2896 [22] And GodH430 blessedH1288(PielImpf) them, saying,H559(QalInf) Be fruitful,H6509(QalImpv) and multiply,H7235(QalImpv) and fillH4390(QalImpv) the watersH4325 in the seas,H3220 and let fowlH5775 multiplyH7235(QalImpf) in the earth.H776 [23] And the eveningH6153 and the morningH1242 were the fifthH2549 day.H3117 [24] And GodH430 said,H559(QalImpf) Let the earthH776 bring forthH3318(HiphImpf) the livingH2416 creatureH5315 after his kind,H4327 cattle,H929 and creeping thing,H7431 and beastH2416 of the earthH776 after his kind:H4327 and it was so. [25] And GodH430 madeH6213(QalImpf) the beastH2416 of the earthH776 after his kind,H4327 and cattleH929 after their kind,H4327 and every thing that creepethH7431 upon the earthH127 after his kind:H4327 and GodH430 sawH7200(QalImpf) that [it was] good.H2896 [26] And GodH430 said,H559(QalImpf) Let us makeH6213(QalImpf) manH120 in our image,H6754 after our likeness:H1823 and let them have dominionH7287(QalImpf) over the fishH1710 of the sea,H3220 and over the fowlH5775 of the air,H8064 and over the cattle,H929 and over all the earth,H776 and over every creeping thingH7431 that creepethH7430(QalActPtc) upon the earth.H776 [27] So GodH430 createdH1254(QalImpf) manH120 in his [own] image,H6754 in the imageH6754 of GodH430 createdH1254(QalPerf) he him; maleH2145 and femaleH5347 createdH1254(QalPerf) he them. [28] And GodH430 blessedH1288(PielImpf) them, and GodH430 saidH559(QalImpf) unto them, Be fruitful,H6509(QalImpv) and multiply,H7235(QalImpv) and replenishH4390(QalImpv) the earth,H776 and subdue it:H3533(QalImpv) and have dominionH7287(QalImpv) over the fishH1710 of the sea,H3220 and over the fowlH5775 of the air,H8064 and over every living thingH2416 that movethH7430(QalActPtc) upon the earth.H776 [29] And GodH430 said,H559(QalImpf) Behold,H2009 I have givenH5414(QalPerf) you every herbH6212 bearingH2232(QalActPtc) seed,H2233 which [is] upon the faceH6440 of all the earth,H776 and every tree,H6086 in the which [is] the fruitH6529 of a treeH6086 yieldingH2232(QalActPtc) seed;H2233 to you it shall beH1961(QalImpf) for meat.H402 [30] And to every beastH2416 of the earth,H776 and to every fowlH5775 of the air,H8064 and to every thing that creepethH7430(QalActPtc) upon the earth,H776 wherein [there is] life,H2416 [I have given] every greenH3418 herbH6212 for meat:H402 and it was so. [31] And GodH430 sawH7200(QalImpf) every thing thatH834 he had made,H6213(QalPerf) and, behold, [it was] veryH3966 good.H2896 And the eveningH6153 and the morningH1242 were the sixthH8345 day.H3117
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