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Genesis Chapter 1 KJV

An exploration of Genesis Chapter 1 ( KJV ) : 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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In the beginning God created 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 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.

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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 saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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God names the light 'Day' and the darkness 'Night'; the conclusion of the first day.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were 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 firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide 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 firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: 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 called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were 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 be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: 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 called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he 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 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.

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The earth brings forth vegetation; God sees that it's good.
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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.

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The conclusion of the third day.
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And the evening and the morning were 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 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:

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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 firmament of the heaven to give light upon 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 two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

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God places the lights in the sky to give light to the earth.
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And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon 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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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.

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The conclusion of the fourth day.
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And the evening and the morning were 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 bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament 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 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.

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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 blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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The conclusion of the fifth day.
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And the evening and the morning were 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 bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: 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 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.

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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, 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.

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God creates man in His own image, creating them male and female.
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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he 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 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.

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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, 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.

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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 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.

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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 every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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