Genesis 1
Reading Genesis chapter 1 in the Darby Bible, public-domain text from 1890.
Verses 1–10
1 In the beginningGod created the heavens and the earth.
2 And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit ofGod was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 AndGod said, Let there be light. And there was light.
4 AndGod saw the light that it was good; andGod divided between the light and the darkness.
5 AndGod called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning — the first day.
6 AndGod said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
7 AndGod made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.
8 AndGod called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning — a second day.
9 AndGod said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry [land] appear. And it was so.
10 AndGod called the dry [land] Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. AndGod saw that it was good.
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