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Genesis Chapter 1 BBE

An exploration of Genesis Chapter 1 ( BBE ) : God creates the universe, the earth, and all living creatures, culminating in the creation of humanity in His own image.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, followed by light, the sky, land and seas, vegetation, the sun, moon and stars, birds and sea creatures, land animals, and finally man and woman in His own image. He blessed His creation and saw it was good, designating the seventh day as a rest day.

God's creation of the heavens and the earth.
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At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

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The initial formless and void state of the earth and the presence of God's Spirit.
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And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

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God's creation of light.
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And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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God sees the light as good and separates it from darkness.
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And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,

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God names the light 'Day' and the darkness 'Night'; the conclusion of the first day.
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Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

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God's command to create an expanse in the midst of the waters.
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And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

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God creates the sky, separating the waters above from the waters below.
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And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

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God names the expanse 'Sky'; the conclusion of the second day.
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And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

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God gathers the waters under the sky into one place and makes dry land appear.
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And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

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God names the dry land 'Earth' and the gathered waters 'Seas'; God sees that it's good.
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And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.

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God commands the earth to produce vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees.
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And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.

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The earth brings forth vegetation; God sees that it's good.
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And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.

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The conclusion of the third day.
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And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

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God commands the creation of lights in the sky to separate the day from the night and mark times and seasons.
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And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

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God sets lights in the expanse of the sky to give light upon the earth.
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And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.

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God creates the two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night—and also the stars.
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And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.

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God places the lights in the sky to give light to the earth.
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And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

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God sets the lights to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness; God sees that it's good.
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To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

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The conclusion of the fourth day.
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And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

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God commands the waters to teem with living creatures, and birds to fly above the earth across the sky.
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And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

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God creates the great sea creatures, every living creature that moves in the waters, and every winged bird; God sees that it's good.
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And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.

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God blesses them to be fruitful and multiply, filling the waters in the seas and letting birds multiply on the earth.
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And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.

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The conclusion of the fifth day.
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And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

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God commands the earth to bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creeping things, and beasts of the earth.
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And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so.

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God makes the beasts of the earth, the livestock, and everything that creeps upon the earth; God sees that it's good.
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And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.

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God decides to make man in His own image, giving them dominion over all the earth and its creatures.
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And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

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God creates man in His own image, creating them male and female.
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And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

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God blesses them, commanding them to be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, subdue it, and have dominion over the creatures of the earth.
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And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

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God gives every plant yielding seed and every fruit tree for food to mankind.
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And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

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God gives every green plant for food to all the earth's creatures.
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And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

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God sees everything He has made and it is very good; the conclusion of the sixth day.
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And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

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