Genesis 1

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

²He was with God in the beginning.

³By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

¹⁸For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the Lord, and there is no other.

¹¹“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”

¹⁰And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

¹⁶For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.

¹⁷He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

²³I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

³⁰When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

¹⁸For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the Lord, and there is no other.

⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

⁷He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

¹²Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

¹³Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or informed Him as His counselor?

⁶For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

⁵The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

⁷I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the Lord, do all these things.

¹⁹No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.

⁵And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

⁸For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

¹³And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:

¹⁸to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

⁷Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.

³¹And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

¹²The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

¹⁰God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

¹⁶The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

⁷I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the Lord, do all these things.

⁵For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

²⁰You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

²²As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

⁸God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

¹⁵The Lord made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

¹⁸can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze?

⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

⁷He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

⁸He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

¹²The Lord made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

¹³When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

²He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

²⁸when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,

²⁹when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

⁴Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.

²⁷The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

⁸Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

⁹when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

⁹And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

⁸He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

⁵But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

⁹“I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the Lord, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”

²²Do you not fear Me?” declares the Lord. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.

⁵The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.

⁷All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.

⁷He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.

⁴He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

⁷For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.

¹⁴He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

¹⁵wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

⁸who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.

²⁹Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

⁹You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.

¹⁰You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.

³⁰If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

²⁸All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

¹⁰For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,

¹¹so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

²⁴Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

²⁵But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

⁷Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

⁴⁴For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.

¹¹For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

²⁰You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

¹⁹When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

¹⁶The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

¹⁷You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

³⁵Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the Lord of Hosts is His name:

³Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

⁷He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever.

⁸the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever.

⁷He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever.

⁸the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever.

¹⁹When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

³When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

¹⁶The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

⁵Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He gave the command and they were created.

²⁶Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

³When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

¹For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

¹²In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

³⁵Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the Lord of Hosts is His name:

⁶it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.

²⁴How many are Your works, O Lord! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

²⁵Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.

¹⁹And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

³³He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

¹⁰wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,

³⁰And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

¹⁷Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

²⁴How many are Your works, O Lord! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

²⁵Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.

²⁵God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

¹⁹Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.

¹⁷Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

²⁰Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

¹⁴they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

¹⁵Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.

¹⁷Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

²⁸God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

³⁸He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

¹¹And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

¹And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

⁹I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,

¹⁰for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.

²⁰Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

¹⁹Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.

¹⁵Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.

¹⁰wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,

¹⁴they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

⁵By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.

⁸Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.

⁹Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?

¹⁹And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

²⁰The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

¹³By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

¹⁰and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

²⁴and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

⁴what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

⁵You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

²²Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”

¹This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

³Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

⁴Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

¹⁰For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

¹This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

²Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”

⁶However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’

²¹So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

²²And from the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

²⁴and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

¹And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

⁷But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

⁹I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.

³Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

⁴In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the Lord.

¹⁷I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

¹⁸And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

²²Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

³Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

¹⁴He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

¹⁵wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

¹⁵The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

¹⁶You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

²⁷All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.

²⁸When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

¹⁷Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

⁹He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

¹⁴He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

⁹He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

¹⁵The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

¹⁶You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

¹⁵Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.

²⁰The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.

³⁹Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

⁴⁰when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?

⁴For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

²⁴How many are Your works, O Lord! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.

²Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.

¹¹For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

³¹May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in His works.

³⁸Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?