New American Standard Bible 1995

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1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

1In the beginning, God created the universe.

2The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.

2When the earth was as yet unformed and desolate, with the surface of the ocean depths shrouded in darkness, and while the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters,

3Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.

3God said, "Let there be light!" So there was light.

4God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

4God saw that the light was beautiful. He separated the light from the darkness,

5God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

5calling the light "day," and the darkness "night." The twilight and the dawn were day one.

6Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."

6Then God said, "Let there be a canopy between bodies of water, separating bodies of water from bodies of water!"

7God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

7So God made a canopy that separated the water beneath the canopy from the water above it. And that is what happened:

8God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

8God called the canopy "sky." The twilight and the dawn were the second day.

9Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.

9Then God said, "Let the water beneath the sky come together into one area, and let dry ground appear!" And that is what happened:

10God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.

10God called the dry ground "land," and he called the water that had come together "oceans." And God saw how good it was.

11Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them"; and it was so.

11Then God said, "Let vegetation sprout all over the earth, including seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each kind containing its own seed!" And that is what happened:

12The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

12Vegetation sprouted all over the earth, including seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each kind containing its own seed. And God saw that it was good.

13There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

13The twilight and the dawn were the third day.

14Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;

14Then God said, "Let there be lights across the sky to distinguish day from night, to act as signs for seasons, days, and years,

15and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so.

15to serve as lights in the sky, and to shine on the earth!" And that is what happened:

16God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.

16God fashioned two great lights—the larger light to shine during the day and the smaller light to shine during the night—as well as stars.

17God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

17God placed them in space to shine on the earth,

18and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

18to differentiate between day and night, and to distinguish light from darkness. And God saw how good it was.

19There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

19The twilight and the dawn were the fourth day.

20Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens."

20Then God said, "Let the oceans swarm with living creatures, and let flying creatures soar above the earth throughout the sky!"

21God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

21So God created every kind of magnificent marine creature, every kind of living marine crawler with which the waters swarmed, and every kind of flying creature. And God saw how good it was.

22God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

22God blessed them by saying, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the oceans. Let the birds multiply throughout the earth!"

23There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

23The twilight and the dawn were the fifth day.

24Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind"; and it was so.

24Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth each kind of living creature, each kind of livestock and crawling thing, and each kind of earth's animals!" And that is what happened:

25God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

25God made each kind of the earth's animals, along with every kind of livestock and crawling thing. And God saw how good it was.

26Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

26Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, to be like us. Let them be masters over the fish in the ocean, the birds that fly, the livestock, everything that crawls on the earth, and over the earth itself!"

27God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

27So God created mankind in his own image; in his own image God created them; he created them male and female.

28God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

28God blessed the humans by saying to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it! Be masters over the fish in the ocean, the birds that fly, and every living thing that crawls on the earth!"

29Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

29God also told them, "Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant that grows throughout the earth, along with every tree that grows seed-bearing fruit. They will produce your food.

30and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food"; and it was so.

30I have given all green plants as food for every wild animal of the earth, every bird that flies, and to every living thing that crawls on the earth." And that is what happened.

31God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

31Now God saw all that he had made, and indeed, it was very good! The twilight and the dawn were the sixth day.

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