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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, ,

CALLED

GENESIS

CHAPTER 1.

12 And the earth brought forth
1 The creation of hearen and earth, 3 of the grass, anul herb yielding seed after

light, 6 of the firmament, 9 of the earth sep his kind, and the tree yielding
rated from the waters, 11 and made fruitful; fruit, whose seed was in itself,
foul, 24 of beasts and cattle, 26 of man in after his kind : and God saw that
the image of God. 29 Also the appointment it was good.
of food.

13 And 3 the evening and the

3 there was Iththee beginnine hered to N the beginning God created morning were the third day. evening and

14 1 And God said, Let there be there was 2 And the earth was without lights" in the firmament of the morning, a form, and void ; and darkness was heaven to divide the day from the third day. upon the face of the deep. And night; and let them be for signs, the Spirit of God moved upon the and for seasons, and for days, and face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be

years :

15 And let them be for lights in
light: and there was light.

the firmament of the heaven to
4 And God saw the light, that it give light upon the earth: and it
was good: and God divided the
light from the darkness.

16 And God made two great
5 And God called the light Day, lights; the greater light to rule

and the darkness he called Night. the day, and the lesser light to I there vas And 'the evening and the inorning rule the night: he made the stars porting and were the first day. there was

also. Dominy,

6 " And God said, Let there be 17 And God set them in the firone day. a firmament in the midst of the mament of the heaven to give light

waters, and let it divide the waters upon the earth,
from the waters.

18 And to rule over the day and
7 And God made the firmament, over the night, and to divide the
and divided the waters which were light from the darkness : and God
under the firmament from the saw that it was good.
waters which were above the firma-

19 And the evening and the 4 there was ment; and it was so.

morning were the fourth day. evening and 8 And God called the firmament there was Heaven. And ? the evening and

20 And God said, Let the waters

morning, a rruing and the morning were the second day.

bring forth abundantly the moving fourth day. there was

creature that hath life, and 5 fowl

5 let fowl masing, a

9 And God said, Let the waters that may fly above the earth in the fly soud day.

under the heaven be gathered to-
gether unto one place, and let the open firmament of heaven.
dry land appear: and it was so.

21 And God created great
10 And God called the dry land whales, and every living creature 6 sea mon-
Earth; and the gathering together that moveth, which the waters sters,
of the waters called he Seas : and brought forth abundantly, after
God saw that it was good.

their kind, and every winged fowl
11 And God said, Let the earth after his kind : and God saw that
bring forth grass, the herb yielding it was good.
seed, and the fruit tree yielding 22 And God blessed them, say,
fruit after his kind, whose seed is ing, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
in itself, upon the earth: and it till the waters in the seas, and let

fowl multiply in the earth.

there was

was so.