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World English Bible

Genesis 1 (WEBP)

[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.

Genesis 1:1 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
Genesis 1:29 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Genesis 1 (KJVS)

[1] In the beginning God created () the heaven and the earth.
[2] And the earth was () without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved () upon the face 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 divided () the light from the darkness.
[5] And God called () the light Day, and the darkness he called () Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
[6] And God said, () Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide () the waters from the waters.
[7] And God made () the firmament, and divided () the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
[8] And God called () the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
[9] And God said, () Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together () unto one place, and let the dry land appear: () and it was so.
[10] And God called () the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called () he Seas: and God saw () that it was good.
[11] And God said, () Let the earth bring forth () grass, the herb yielding () seed, and the fruit tree yielding () fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
[12] And the earth brought forth () grass, and herb yielding () seed after his kind, and the tree yielding () fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw () that it was good.
[13] And the evening and the morning were the third day.
[14] And God said, () Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide () the day from the night; and let them be for 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] And God made () two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
[17] And God set () them in the firmament of the heaven to give light () upon the earth,
[18] and to rule () over the day and over the night, and to divide () the light from the darkness: and God saw () that it was good.
[19] And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
[20] And God said, () Let the waters bring forth abundantly () the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly () above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
[21] And God created () great whales, and every living creature that moveth, () which the waters brought forth abundantly, () after their kind, and every winged fowl after his 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 fowl multiply () in the earth.
[23] And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
[24] And God said, () Let the earth bring forth () the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
[25] And God made () the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw () that it was good.
[26] And God said, () Let us make () man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion () over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth () upon the earth.
[27] So God created () man in his own image, in the image of God created () he him; male and female created () he them.
[28] And God blessed () them, and God said () unto them, Be fruitful, () and multiply, () and replenish () the earth, and subdue it: () and have dominion () over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth () upon the earth.
[29] And God said, () Behold, I have given () you every herb bearing () seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding () seed; to you it shall be () for meat.
[30] And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth () upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
[31] And God saw () every thing that he had made, () and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 1:4 Heb. between the light and between the darkness
Genesis 1:5 Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was
Genesis 1:6 Heb. expansion
Genesis 1:11 Heb. tender grass
Genesis 1:14 Heb. between the day and between the night
Genesis 1:16 Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.
Genesis 1:20a Or, creeping
Genesis 1:20b Heb. soul
Genesis 1:20c Face of the firmament of heaven
Genesis 1:28 Heb. creepeth
Genesis 1:29 Heb. seeding seed
Genesis 1:30 Heb. a living soul

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Genesis 1 (BYZ)

[1] εν αρχη εποιησεν ο θεος τον ουρανον και την γην
[2] η δε γη ην αορατος και ακατασκευαστος και σκοτος επανω της αβυσσου και πνευμα θεου επεφερετο επανω του υδατος
[3] και ειπεν ο θεος γενηθητω φως και εγενετο φως
[4] και ειδεν ο θεος το φως οτι καλον και διεχωρισεν ο θεος ανα μεσον του φωτος και ανα μεσον του σκοτους
[5] και εκαλεσεν ο θεος το φως ημεραν και το σκοτος εκαλεσεν νυκτα και εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα μια
[6] και ειπεν ο θεος γενηθητω στερεωμα εν μεσω του υδατος και εστω διαχωριζον ανα μεσον υδατος και υδατος και εγενετο ουτως
[7] και εποιησεν ο θεος το στερεωμα και διεχωρισεν ο θεος ανα μεσον του υδατος ο ην υποκατω του στερεωματος και ανα μεσον του υδατος του επανω του στερεωματος
[8] και εκαλεσεν ο θεος το στερεωμα ουρανον και ειδεν ο θεος οτι καλον και εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα δευτερα
[9] και ειπεν ο θεος συναχθητω το υδωρ το υποκατω του ουρανου εις συναγωγην μιαν και οφθητω η ξηρα και εγενετο ουτως και συνηχθη το υδωρ το υποκατω του ουρανου εις τας συναγωγας αυτων και ωφθη η ξηρα
[10] και εκαλεσεν ο θεος την ξηραν γην και τα συστηματα των υδατων εκαλεσεν θαλασσας και ειδεν ο θεος οτι καλον
[11] και ειπεν ο θεος βλαστησατω η γη βοτανην χορτου σπειρον σπερμα κατα γενος και καθ ομοιοτητα και ξυλον καρπιμον ποιουν καρπον ου το σπερμα αυτου εν αυτω κατα γενος επι της γης και εγενετο ουτως
[12] και εξηνεγκεν η γη βοτανην χορτου σπειρον σπερμα κατα γενος και καθ ομοιοτητα και ξυλον καρπιμον ποιουν καρπον ου το σπερμα αυτου εν αυτω κατα γενος επι της γης και ειδεν ο θεος οτι καλον
[13] και εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα τριτη
[14] και ειπεν ο θεος γενηθητωσαν φωστηρες εν τω στερεωματι του ουρανου εις φαυσιν της γης του διαχωριζειν ανα μεσον της ημερας και ανα μεσον της νυκτος και εστωσαν εις σημεια και εις καιρους και εις ημερας και εις ενιαυτους
[15] και εστωσαν εις φαυσιν εν τω στερεωματι του ουρανου ωστε φαινειν επι της γης και εγενετο ουτως
[16] και εποιησεν ο θεος τους δυο φωστηρας τους μεγαλους τον φωστηρα τον μεγαν εις αρχας της ημερας και τον φωστηρα τον ελασσω εις αρχας της νυκτος και τους αστερας
[17] και εθετο αυτους ο θεος εν τω στερεωματι του ουρανου ωστε φαινειν επι της γης
[18] και αρχειν της ημερας και της νυκτος και διαχωριζειν ανα μεσον του φωτος και ανα μεσον του σκοτους και ειδεν ο θεος οτι καλον
[19] και εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα τεταρτη
[20] και ειπεν ο θεος εξαγαγετω τα υδατα ερπετα ψυχων ζωσων και πετεινα πετομενα επι της γης κατα το στερεωμα του ουρανου και εγενετο ουτως
[21] και εποιησεν ο θεος τα κητη τα μεγαλα και πασαν ψυχην ζωων ερπετων α εξηγαγεν τα υδατα κατα γενη αυτων και παν πετεινον πτερωτον κατα γενος και ειδεν ο θεος οτι καλα
[22] και ηυλογησεν αυτα ο θεος λεγων αυξανεσθε και πληθυνεσθε και πληρωσατε τα υδατα εν ταις θαλασσαις και τα πετεινα πληθυνεσθωσαν επι της γης
[23] και εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα πεμπτη
[24] και ειπεν ο θεος εξαγαγετω η γη ψυχην ζωσαν κατα γενος τετραποδα και ερπετα και θηρια της γης κατα γενος και εγενετο ουτως
[25] και εποιησεν ο θεος τα θηρια της γης κατα γενος και τα κτηνη κατα γενος και παντα τα ερπετα της γης κατα γενος αυτων και ειδεν ο θεος οτι καλα
[26] και ειπεν ο θεος ποιησωμεν ανθρωπον κατ εικονα ημετεραν και καθ ομοιωσιν και αρχετωσαν των ιχθυων της θαλασσης και των πετεινων του ουρανου και των κτηνων και πασης της γης και παντων των ερπετων των ερποντων επι της γης
[27] και εποιησεν ο θεος τον ανθρωπον κατ εικονα θεου εποιησεν αυτον αρσεν και θηλυ εποιησεν αυτους
[28] και ηυλογησεν αυτους ο θεος λεγων αυξανεσθε και πληθυνεσθε και πληρωσατε την γην και κατακυριευσατε αυτης και αρχετε των ιχθυων της θαλασσης και των πετεινων του ουρανου και παντων των κτηνων και πασης της γης και παντων των ερπετων των ερποντων επι της γης
[29] και ειπεν ο θεος ιδου δεδωκα υμιν παν χορτον σποριμον σπειρον σπερμα ο εστιν επανω πασης της γης και παν ξυλον ο εχει εν εαυτω καρπον σπερματος σποριμου υμιν εσται εις βρωσιν
[30] και πασι τοις θηριοις της γης και πασι τοις πετεινοις του ουρανου και παντι ερπετω τω ερποντι επι της γης ο εχει εν εαυτω ψυχην ζωης παντα χορτον χλωρον εις βρωσιν και εγενετο ουτως
[31] και ειδεν ο θεος τα παντα οσα εποιησεν και ιδου καλα λιαν και εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα εκτη

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.