Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened. God called the space “sky.”Īnd evening passed and morning came, marking the second day. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens. Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.” And that is what happened. God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” Then 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.” God 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. There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness and God saw that it was good. God 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. Then 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 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth” and it was so. There was evening and there was morning, a third day. The 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. Then 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. God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas and God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear” and it was so. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse and it was so. God blessed them: “Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! God spoke: “Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life!Īnd every kind and species of flying birds. Lights in Heaven’s sky to give light to Earth.” God spoke: “Earth, green up! Grow all varietiesĮarth produced green seed-bearing plants, Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place God spoke: “Sky! In the middle of the waters ” And God made the expanse [of sk And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from t God called t Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament f And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. God named the air “sky.” Evening passed, and morni And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from Then God said, “Let there be something to divide the water in two.” So God made the air and placed some of the water above the air and some below it. God made this space to separate the waters of t And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. It was ev Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from th Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.” And that is what happened. Genesis 1:6-22 God spoke: “Sky! In the middle of the waters

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