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King James Version (KJV)
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Clear, modern-English rendering shaped for pastors and churches,
aiming to preserve the meaning of the original text.
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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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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.
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The earth was formless and empty, with darkness over its surface; the Spirit of God hovered above the waters.
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And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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God said, "Let there be light," and light appeared.
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And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
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God saw that the light was good. He separated it from the darkness.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. The first day came to a close.
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And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
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God said, "Let there be a space between the waters, separating them into upper and lower waters."
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And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
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God made this space and divided the waters below it from the waters above it. This is how the sky was formed.
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And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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God called the sky Heaven. The second day ended with evening and morning.
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And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
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God said, "Gather all the waters under heaven into one place, so that dry land will appear."
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And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
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God gathered the waters together and created land. He called it Earth. The waters below formed seas. God saw that this was good.
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And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
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God said, "Let the earth produce grasses, plants with seeds, and trees with fruit bearing seeds according to their kind."
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And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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The earth produced all kinds of grasses, plants, and trees with seeds according to their kind. God saw that it was good.
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And the evening and the morning were the third day.
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The third day ended with evening and morning.
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And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
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God said, "Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night and serve as signs for the seasons, days, and years."
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And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
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God made the lights and placed them in the sky to shine on the earth. This is how the fourth day came to a close.
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And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
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God created two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and he also made the stars.
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And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
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God set these lights in the sky to give light on the earth.
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And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
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God set the lights in the sky to govern day and night, separating light from darkness. He saw that it was good.
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And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
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The fourth day ended with evening and morning.
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And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
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God said, "Let the waters be filled with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of heaven."
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And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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God created great sea creatures and every kind of living thing that moves in the waters, according to their kinds. He also created every kind of bird. God saw that it was good.
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And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
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God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds increase on the earth."
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And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
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The fifth day ended with evening and morning.
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And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
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God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock, small creatures, and wild animals.
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And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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God made every kind of animal that crawls on the earth according to its kind. He also made livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. God saw that it was good.
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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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God said, "Let us create humanity in our image, after our likeness. Let them have authority over the fish of the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and every creature that crawls on the ground."
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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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God created humanity in his own image, both male and female.
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And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds in the sky, and every living creature that crawls on the ground."
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And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
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God said to them, "Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with fruit that yields seed; to you it shall be for food."
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And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
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And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food.
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And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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God saw everything he had made, and behold, it was very good. The evening and the morning were the sixth day.