Genesis 1:22-31

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²²God 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.”^(A) ²³And there was evening, and there was morning^(B)—the fifth day.

²⁴And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures^(C) according to their kinds:^(D) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.^(E) ²⁵God made the wild animals^(F) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.^(G) And God saw that it was good.^(H)

²⁶Then God said, “Let us^(I) make mankind^(J) in our image,^(K) in our likeness,^(L) so that they may rule^(M) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^(N) over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

²⁷So God created^(O) mankind^(P) in his own image,^(Q)
in the image of God^(R) he created them;
male and female^(S) he created them.^(T)

²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^(U) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(V) fill the earth^(W) and subdue it. Rule over^(X) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(Y)”

²⁹Then 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.^(Z) ³⁰And 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^(AA) in it—I give every green plant for food.^(AB)” And it was so.

³¹God saw all that he had made,^(AC) and it was very good.^(AD) And there was evening, and there was morning^(AE)—the sixth day.

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