Genesis 1:1-31
In the
beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and
empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was
hovering over the waters.
And God
said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the
light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the
light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there
was evening, and there was morning--the first day.
And God
said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from
water." So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse
from the water above it. And it was so. God called the expanse "sky."
And there was evening, and there was morning--the second day.
And God
said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry
ground appear." And it was so. God called the dry ground "land,"
and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was
good.
Then God
said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on
the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various
kinds." And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed
according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to
their kinds. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was
morning--the third day.
And God
said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day
from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years,
and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the
earth." And it was so. God made two great lights--the greater light to
govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the
stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to
govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw
that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the fourth day.
And God
said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above
the earth across the expanse of the sky." So God created the great
creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water
teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and
increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase
on the earth." And there was evening, and there was morning--the fifth
day.
And God
said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds:
livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each
according to its kind." And it was so. God made the wild animals according
to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures
that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was
good.
Then God
said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule
over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all
the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and
increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea
and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the
ground."
Then God
said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth
and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And
to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the
creatures that move on the ground--everything that has the breath of life in
it--I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
God saw all
that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was
morning--the sixth day. (NIV)
This reading is taken from 30
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