Genesis 1-2<\/strong><\/p>\n The Account of Creation<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n 1<\/span>In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.*<\/a>\u00a0\u00a02<\/span>The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.<\/p>\n 3<\/span>Then God said, \u201cLet there be light,\u201d and there was light.\u00a04<\/span>And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.\u00a05<\/span>God called the light \u201cday\u201d and the darkness \u201cnight.\u201d<\/p>\n And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.<\/p>\n 6<\/span>Then God said, \u201cLet there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.\u201d\u00a07<\/span>And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens.\u00a08<\/span>God called the space \u201csky.\u201d<\/p>\n And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.<\/p>\n 9<\/span>Then God said, \u201cLet the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.\u201d And that is what happened.\u00a010<\/span>God called the dry ground \u201cland\u201d and the waters \u201cseas.\u201d And God saw that it was good.\u00a011<\/span>Then God said, \u201cLet the land sprout with vegetation\u2014every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.\u201d And that is what happened.\u00a012<\/span>The land produced vegetation\u2014all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.<\/p>\n 13<\/span>And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.<\/p>\n 14<\/span>Then God said, \u201cLet lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.\u00a015<\/span>Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.\u201d And that is what happened.\u00a016<\/span>God made two great lights\u2014the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.\u00a017<\/span>God set these lights in the sky to light the earth,\u00a018<\/span>to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.<\/p>\n 19<\/span>And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.<\/p>\n 20<\/span>Then God said, \u201cLet the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.\u201d\u00a021<\/span>So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms in the water, and every sort of bird\u2014each producing offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.\u00a022<\/span>Then God blessed them, saying, \u201cBe fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n 23<\/span>And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day.<\/p>\n 24<\/span>Then God said, \u201cLet the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind\u2014livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.\u201d And that is what happened.\u00a025<\/span>God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.<\/p>\n 26<\/span>Then God said, \u201cLet us make human beings*<\/a>\u00a0 in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth,*<\/a>\u00a0 and the small animals that scurry along the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n 27<\/span>So God created human beings*<\/a>\u00a0 in his own image.<\/p>\n In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.<\/p>\n 28<\/span>Then God blessed them and said, \u201cBe fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n 29<\/span>Then God said, \u201cLook! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.\u00a030<\/span>And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground\u2014everything that has life.\u201d And that is what happened.<\/p>\n 31<\/span>Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good!<\/p>\n And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.<\/p>\n Genesis 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n 1<\/span>So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed.\u00a02<\/span>On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested*<\/a>\u00a0 from all his work.\u00a03<\/span>And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.<\/p>\n 4<\/span>This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth.<\/p>\n The Man and Woman in Eden<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n When the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0God made the earth and the heavens,\u00a05<\/span>neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil.\u00a06<\/span>Instead, springs*<\/a>\u00a0 came up from the ground and watered all the land.\u00a07<\/span>Then the\u00a0Lord<\/span>God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man\u2019s nostrils, and the man became a living person.<\/p>\n 8<\/span>Then the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made.\u00a09<\/span>The\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground\u2014trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.<\/p>\n 10<\/span>A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches.\u00a011<\/span>The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found.\u00a012<\/span>The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there.\u00a013<\/span>The second branch, called the Gihon, flowed around the entire land of Cush.\u00a014<\/span>The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.<\/p>\n 15<\/span>The\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.\u00a016<\/span>But the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0God warned him, \u201cYou may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden\u201417<\/span>except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.<\/p>\n 18<\/span>Then the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0God said, \u201cIt is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.\u201d\u00a019<\/span>So the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man*<\/a>\u00a0 to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one.\u00a020<\/span>He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.<\/p>\n 21<\/span>So the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0God took out one of the man\u2019s ribs*<\/a>\u00a0 and closed up the opening.\u00a022<\/span>Then the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.<\/p>\n 23<\/span>\u201cAt last!\u201d the man exclaimed. \u201cThis one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called \u2018woman,\u2019 because she was taken from \u2018man.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n 24<\/span>This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.<\/p>\n![\"Heavens\"](\"http:\/\/www.nltblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Heavens.jpg\")
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