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Chapter One
The Beginning
IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
THE EARTH WAS FORMLESS AND EMPTY, AND DARKNESS COVERED THE SURFACE OF THE DEEP.
THE SPIRIT OF GOD HOVERED OVER THE SURFACE OF THE WATERS ...
AND GOD SAID ...
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
HE SEPARATED THE LIGHT, FROM THE DARKNESS ON THE FIRST DAY ...
AND SO THERE WAS LIGHT ...
AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD.
HE CALLED, THE LIGHT "DAY," AND THE DARKNESS HE CALLED "NIGHT."
THE SECOND DAY ...
GOD SEPARATED THE WATER FROM THE HEAVENS, AND HE CALLED THIS EXPANSE "SKY."
ON THE THIRD DAY ...
GOD SEPARATED THE WATER FROM THE SOIL.
HE CALLED THE DRY GROUND "LAND" AND THE WATERS "SEAS."
PLANTS CAME UP FROM THE LAND ...
AND TREES SPROUTED, BEARING FRUIT AND SEEDS.
AND ON THE FOURTH DAY ...
GOD MADE THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE STARS, TO BE LIGHT FOR THE EARTH IN THE DAY AND IN THE NIGHT.
ON THE FIFTH DAY ...
GOD CREATED THE CREATURES OF THE SEA ...
AND THE BIRDS OF THE AIR ...
AND HE BLESSED THEM, SAYING:
BE FRUITFUL IN THE EARTH. INCREASE IN THE WATER AND INCREASE IN THE AIR AND FILL THE EARTH WITH YOUR BEAUTY.
ON THE SIXTH DAY
GOD CREATED THE CREATURES OF THE LAND.
THEN HE SAID ...
LET US CREATE MAN, A CREATURE IN OUR OWN IMAGE.
GOD MADE MAN FROM THE DUST OF THE GROUND ...
AND FROM HIS OWN BREATH GOD GAVE MAN ... LIFE.
GOD NAMED HIM ADAM AND PLACED THE MAN IN A GARDEN BY THE RIVER IN EDEN.
THE GARDEN WAS FULL OF BEAUTIFUL PLANTS AND IN ITS CENTER WAS A TREE CALLED THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL.
YOU MAY EAT FROM ANY TREE IN THE GARDEN ...
BUT YOU MAY NOT EAT FROM THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL.
FOR IF YOU EAT THE FRUIT OF THAT TREE, YOU WILL SURELY DIE.
HMM ... CROW.
SPARROW ...
QUAIL.
BEAR.
UM ... GOPHER.
WHATEVER THE MAN CALLED EACH CREATURE, THAT WAS ITS NAME.
DEER ...
SWAN.
...
IT'S NOT GOOD FOR MAN TO BE ALONE ...
I WILL MAKE AN EXCELLENT PARTNER FOP HIM.
GOD PUT ADAM INTO A DEEP, DEEP SLEEP.
HE TOOK ONE OF ADAMS RIBS, AND WITH IT ...
HE CREATED A WOMAN.
AT LAST, FLESH FROM MY FLESH ...
BONE FROM MY BONES.
I'LL NAME YOU EVE.
...
BECAUSE YOU WILL BECOME THE MOTHER OF ALL WHO LIVE!
BE PROSPEROUS! FILL THE EARTH AND CULTIVATE IT.
GOD'S CREATION WAS FINISHED.
HE LOOKED, AND IT WAS VERY GOOD.
ON THE SEVENTH DAY, GOD RESTED ...
AND THE MAN AND WOMAN ENJOYED EVERYTHING GOD HAD GIVEN THEM.
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