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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

God spoke and gathered the waters to one place and made dry ground appear. And it happened. God called the dry ground "land," and the waters he called "seas." God spoke again and made the land produce plants, trees, and fruit with seed. And it happened as He said. God saw that everything He had created was good. This was the third day.

God spoke again and separated the day from the night and made two great lights in the sky -- the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the sky to give light on the earth, to rule the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. God saw that it was good. This was the fourth day.

God spoke again and created the birds that fly above in the sky, created the great creatures of the sea, every living and moving thing that lives in the water, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good. 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." This was the fifth day.

And God spoke again and made living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind. And it was so. God saw that it was good. Then God decided to make man in His image, in His likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and told them to be fruitful, increase in number, fill the earth, and control it. Rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves on the ground. Then God told them that He was giving them every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it as food. Also I give you for food all the beasts of the earth, all the birds, all the animals, everything that has the breath of life, and every green plant. And it was so.