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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 H7225 God H430 created H1254 (8804) H853 the heaven H8064 and H853 the earth H776.
[2] And the earth H776 was H1961 (8804) without form H8414, and void H922; and darkness H2822 [was] upon the face H6440 of the deep H8415. And the Spirit H7307 of God H430 moved H7363 (8764) upon H5921 the face H6440 of the waters H4325.
[3] And God H430 said H559 (8799), Let there be H1961 (8799) light H216: and there was light H216.
[4] And God H430 saw H7200 (8799) H853 the light H216, that H3588 [it was] good H2896: and God H430 divided H914 (8686) H996 the light H216 from H996 the darkness H2822.
[5] And God H430 called H7121 (8799) the light H216 Day H3117, and the darkness H2822 he called H7121 (8804) Night H3915. And the evening H6153 and the morning H1242 were the first H259 day H3117.
[6] And God H430 said H559 (8799), Let there be a firmament H7549 in the midst H8432 of the waters H4325, and let it divide H914 (8688) the waters H4325 from the waters H4325.
[7] And God H430 made H6213 (8799) the firmament H7549, and divided H914 (8686) the waters H4325 which H834 [were] under H8478 the firmament H7549 from the waters H4325 which H834 [were] above H5921 the firmament H7549: and it was so H3651.
[8] And God H430 called H7121 (8799) the firmament H7549 Heaven H8064. And the evening H6153 and the morning H1242 were the second H8145 day H3117.
[9] And God H430 said H559 (8799), Let the waters H4325 under the heaven H8064 be gathered together H6960 (8735) unto H413 one H259 place H4725, and let the dry H3004 [land] appear H7200 (8735): and it was so.
[10] And God H430 called H7121 (8799) the dry H3004 [land] Earth H776; and the gathering together H4723 of the waters H4325 called H7121 (8804) he Seas H3220: and God H430 saw H7200 (8799) that [it was] good H2896.
[11] And God H430 said H559 (8799), Let the earth H776 bring forth H1876 (8686) grass H1877, the herb H6212 yielding H2232 (8688) seed H2233, [and] the fruit H6529 tree H6086 yielding H6213 (8802) fruit H6529 after his kind H4327, whose H834 seed H2233 [is] in itself, upon the earth H776: and it was so.
[12] And the earth H776 brought forth H3318 (8686) grass H1877, [and] herb H6212 yielding H2232 (8688) seed H2233 after his kind H4327, and the tree H6086 yielding H6213 (8802) fruit H6529, whose seed H2233 [was] in itself, after his kind H4327: and God H430 saw H7200 (8799) that [it was] good H2896.
[13] And the evening H6153 and the morning H1242 were the third H7992 day H3117.
[14] And God H430 said H559 (8799), Let there be lights H3974 in the firmament H7549 of the heaven H8064 to divide H914 (8687) the day H3117 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 lights H3974 in the firmament H7549 of the heaven H8064 to give light H215 (8687) upon the earth H776: and it was so.
[16] And God H430 made H6213 (8799) two H8147 great H1419 lights H3974; the greater H1419 light H3974 to rule H4475 the day H3117, and the lesser H6996 light H3974 to rule H4475 the night H3915: [he made] the stars H3556 also.
[17] And God H430 set H5414 (8799) them in the firmament H7549 of the heaven H8064 to give light H215 (8687) upon the earth H776,
[18] And to rule H4910 (8800) over the day H3117 and over the night H3915, and to divide H914 (8687) the light H216 from the darkness H2822: and God H430 saw H7200 (8799) that [it was] good H2896.
[19] And the evening H6153 and the morning H1242 were the fourth H7243 day H3117.
[20] And God H430 said H559 (8799), Let the waters H4325 bring forth abundantly H8317 (8799) the moving creature H8318 that hath H5315 life H2416, and fowl H5775 [that] may fly H5774 (8787) above H5921 the earth H776 in the open H6440 firmament H7549 of heaven H8064.
[21] And God H430 created H1254 (8799) great H1419 whales H8577, and every living H2416 creature H5315 that moveth H7430 (8802), which the waters H4325 brought forth abundantly H8317 (8804), after their kind H4327, and every winged H3671 fowl H5775 after his kind H4327: and God H430 saw H7200 (8799) that [it was] good H2896.
[22] And God H430 blessed H1288 (8762) them, saying H559 (8800), Be fruitful H6509 (8798), and multiply H7235 (8798), and fill H4390 (8798) the waters H4325 in the seas H3220, and let fowl H5775 multiply H7235 (8799) in the earth H776.
[23] And the evening H6153 and the morning H1242 were the fifth H2549 day H3117.
[24] And God H430 said H559 (8799), Let the earth H776 bring forth H3318 (8686) the living H2416 creature H5315 after his kind H4327, cattle H929, and creeping thing H7431, and beast H2416 of the earth H776 after his kind H4327: and it was so.
[25] And God H430 made H6213 (8799) the beast H2416 of the earth H776 after his kind H4327, and cattle H929 after their kind H4327, and every thing that creepeth H7431 upon the earth H127 after his kind H4327: and God H430 saw H7200 (8799) that [it was] good H2896.
[26] And God H430 said H559 (8799), Let us make H6213 (8799) man H120 in our image H6754, after our likeness H1823: and let them have dominion H7287 (8799) over the fish H1710 of the sea H3220, and over the fowl H5775 of the air H8064, and over the cattle H929, and over all the earth H776, and over every creeping thing H7431 that creepeth H7430 (8802) upon the earth H776.
[27] So God H430 created H1254 (8799) man H120 in his [own] image H6754, in the image H6754 of God H430 created H1254 (8804) he him; male H2145 and female H5347 created H1254 (8804) he them.
[28] And God H430 blessed H1288 (8762) them, and God H430 said H559 (8799) unto them, Be fruitful H6509 (8798), and multiply H7235 (8798), and replenish H4390 (8798) the earth H776, and subdue it H3533 (8798): and have dominion H7287 (8798) over the fish H1710 of the sea H3220, and over the fowl H5775 of the air H8064, and over every living thing H2416 that moveth H7430 (8802) upon the earth H776.
[29] And God H430 said H559 (8799), Behold H2009, I have given H5414 (8804) you every herb H6212 bearing H2232 (8802) seed H2233, which [is] upon the face H6440 of all the earth H776, and every tree H6086, in the which [is] the fruit H6529 of a tree H6086 yielding H2232 (8802) seed H2233; to you it shall be H1961 (8799) for meat H402.
[30] And to every beast H2416 of the earth H776, and to every fowl H5775 of the air H8064, and to every thing that creepeth H7430 (8802) upon the earth H776, wherein [there is] life H2416 H5315, [I have given] every green H3418 herb H6212 for meat H402: and it was so.
[31] And God H430 saw H7200 (8799) every thing that H834 he had made H6213 (8804), and, behold, [it was] very H3966 good H2896. And the evening H6153 and the morning H1242 were the sixth H8345 day H3117.
Young’s Literal Translation
Genesis 1 (YLT)
[1] In the beginning of God’s preparing the heavens and the earth-
[2] the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness is on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,
[3] and God saith, ‘Let light be;’ and light is.
[4] And God seeth the light that it is good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,
[5] and God calleth to the light ‘Day,’ and to the darkness He hath called ‘Night;’ and there is an evening, and there is a morning-day one.
[6] And God saith, ‘Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.’
[7] And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which are under the expanse, and the waters which are above the expanse: and it is so.
[8] And God calleth to the expanse ‘Heavens;’ and there is an evening, and there is a morning-day second.
[9] And God saith, ‘Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:’ and it is so.
[10] And God calleth to the dry land ‘Earth,’ and to the collection of the waters He hath called ‘Seas;’ and God seeth that it is good.
[11] And God saith, ‘Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed is in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:’ and it is so.
[12] And the earth bringeth forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed is in itself) after its kind; and God seeth that it is good;
[13] and there is an evening, and there is a morning-day third.
[14] And God saith, ‘Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,
[15] and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:’ and it is so.
[16] And God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary-and the stars-for the rule of the night;
[17] and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,
[18] and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that it is good;
[19] and there is an evening, and there is a morning-day fourth.
[20] And God saith, ‘Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.’
[21] And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that it is good.
[22] And God blesseth them, saying, ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and the fowl let multiply in the earth:’
[23] and there is an evening, and there is a morning-day fifth.
[24] And God saith, ‘Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind:’ and it is so.
[25] And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that it is good.
[26] And God saith, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.’
[27] And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.
[28] And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.’
[29] And God saith, ‘Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;
[30] and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which is breath of life, every green herb is for food:’ and it is so.
[31] And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning-day the sixth.