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Genesis 1

King James Version, 1611

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CHAP. I. / 1 The creation of Heauen and Earth, 3 of the light, 6 of the firmament, 9 of the earth separated from the waters, 11 and made fruitfull, 14 of the Sunne, Moone, and Starres, 20 of fish and

1In the beginning God created the Heauen, and the Earth.Select Genesis 1:1

2And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkenesse was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters.Select Genesis 1:2

3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.Select Genesis 1:3

4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God diuided the light from the darkenesse.Select Genesis 1:4

5And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: and the euening and the morning were the first day.Select Genesis 1:5

6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters: and let it diuide the waters from the waters.Select Genesis 1:6

7And God made the firmament; and diuided the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters, which were aboue the firmament: and it was so.Select Genesis 1:7

8And God called the firmament, Heauen: and the euening and the morning were the second day:Select Genesis 1:8

9And God said, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together vnto one place, and let the dry land appeare: and it was so.Select Genesis 1:9

10And God called the drie land, Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called hee, Seas: and God saw that it was good.Select Genesis 1:10

11And God said, Let the Earth bring foorth grasse, the herbe yeelding seed, and the fruit tree, yeelding fruit after his kinde, whose seed is in it selfe, vpon the earth: and it was so.Select Genesis 1:11

12And the earth brought foorth grasse, and herbe yeelding seed after his kinde, and the tree yeelding fruit, whose seed was in it selfe, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.Select Genesis 1:12

13And the euening and the morning were the third day.Select Genesis 1:13

14And God said, Let there bee lights in the firmament of the heauen, to diuide the day from the night: and let them be for signes and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.Select Genesis 1:14

15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth: and it was so.Select Genesis 1:15

16And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the starres also.Select Genesis 1:16

17And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth:Select Genesis 1:17

18And to rule ouer the day, and ouer the night, and to diuide the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good.Select Genesis 1:18

19And the euening and the morning were the fourth day.Select Genesis 1:19

20And God said, Let the waters bring foorth aboundantly the mouing creature that hath life, and foule that may flie aboue the earth in the open firmament of heauen.Select Genesis 1:20

21And God created great whales, and euery liuing creature that moueth, which the waters brought forth aboundantly after their kinde, and euery winged foule after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.Select Genesis 1:21

22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitfull, and multiply, and fill the waters in the Seas, and let foule multiply in the earth.Select Genesis 1:22

23And the euening and the morning were the fift day.Select Genesis 1:23

24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the liuing creature after his kinde, cattell, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kinde: and it was so.Select Genesis 1:24

25And God made the beast of the earth after his kinde, and cattell after their kinde, and euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.Select Genesis 1:25

26And God said, Let vs make man in our Image, after our likenesse: and let them haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer the cattell, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth.Select Genesis 1:26

27So God created man in his owne Image, in the Image of God created hee him; male and female created hee them.Select Genesis 1:27

28And God blessed them, and God said vnto them, Be fruitfull, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer euery liuing thing that mooueth vpon the earth.Select Genesis 1:28

29And God said, Behold, I haue giuen you euery herbe bearing seede, which is vpon the face of all the earth, and euery tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yeelding seed, to you it shall be for meat:Select Genesis 1:29

30And to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the aire, and to euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, wherein there is life, I haue giuen euery greene herbe for meat: and it was so.Select Genesis 1:30

31And God saw euery thing that hee had made: and behold, it was very good. And the euening and the morning were the sixth day.Select Genesis 1:31

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