Genesis - Chapter 1 | Good News Translation

  • 1. In the beginning, when God created the universe,
  • 2. the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God was moving over the water.
  • 3. Then God commanded, "Let there be light"---and light appeared.
  • 4. God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness,
  • 5. and he named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening passed and morning came---that was the first day.
  • 6. Then God commanded, "Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places"---and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it.
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  • 8. He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came---that was the second day.
  • 9. Then God commanded, "Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear"---and it was done.
  • 10. He named the land "Earth," and the water which had come together he named "Sea." And God was pleased with what he saw.
  • 11. Then he commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit"---and it was done.
  • 12. So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw.
  • 13. Evening passed and morning came---that was the third day.
  • 14. Then God commanded, "Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin;
  • 15. they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth"---and it was done.
  • 16. So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars.
  • 17. He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the earth,
  • 18. to rule over the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God was pleased with what he saw.
  • 19. Evening passed and morning came---that was the fourth day.
  • 20. Then God commanded, "Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds."
  • 21. So God created the great sea monsters, all kinds of creatures that live in the water, and all kinds of birds. And God was pleased with what he saw.
  • 22. He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number.
  • 23. Evening passed and morning came---that was the fifth day.
  • 24. Then God commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small"---and it was done.
  • 25. So God made them all, and he was pleased with what he saw.
  • 26. Then God said, "And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small."
  • 27. So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female,
  • 28. blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.
  • 29. I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat;
  • 30. but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food"---and it was done.
  • 31. God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came---that was the sixth day.
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