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Genesis 1:20-2:3
English Standard Version
Genesis 1:20-2:3
English Standard Version
20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds[a] fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So (A)God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, (B)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, (C)“Let us make man[b] in our image, (D)after our likeness. And (E)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
(F)male and female he created them.
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, (G)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. (H)You shall have them for food. 30 And (I)to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 (J)And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and (K)all the host of them. 2 And (L)on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
Footnotes
- Genesis 1:20 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20
- Genesis 1:26 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
Genesis 1:20-2:3
New International Version
Genesis 1:20-2:3
New International Version
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,(A) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”(B) 21 So God created(C) the great creatures of the sea(D) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,(E) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.(F) And God saw that it was good.(G) 22 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.”(H) 23 And there was evening, and there was morning(I)—the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures(J) according to their kinds:(K) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.(L) 25 God made the wild animals(M) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.(N) And God saw that it was good.(O)
26 Then God said, “Let us(P) make mankind(Q) in our image,(R) in our likeness,(S) so that they may rule(T) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,(U) over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created(V) mankind(W) in his own image,(X)
in the image of God(Y) he created them;
male and female(Z) he created them.(AA)
28 God blessed them and said to them,(AB) “Be fruitful and increase in number;(AC) fill the earth(AD) and subdue it. Rule over(AE) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.(AF)”
29 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.(AG) 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life(AH) in it—I give every green plant for food.(AI)” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made,(AJ) and it was very good.(AK) And there was evening, and there was morning(AL)—the sixth day.
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.(AM)
Footnotes
- Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth
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