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The Book of Genesis

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Chapter 1

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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
beginning John 1:1, Heb 1:10
created Job 38:4, Isa 44:24, Rom 1:20, Col 1:16, Heb 11:3, Rev 4:11

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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
without form Jer 4:23

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And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Let Psa 74:16

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And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

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And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

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And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Heaven Job 37:18, Psa 33:6, Psa 136:5, Jer 10:12

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And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
waters Job 26:10, Psa 33:7, Psa 95:5

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And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

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And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
herb Luke 6:44, Heb 6:7

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And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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And the evening and the morning were the third day.

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And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
lights Deut 4:19, Psa 74:16, Psa 136:7

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And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

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And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

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And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

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And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
rule Jer 31:35

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And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

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And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
waters Psa 104:25

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And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
fruitful Gen 8:17

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And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

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And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
kind Gen 6:20, Gen 7:14, Gen 8:19

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And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
us Gen 11:7
make Psa 100:3
dominion Psa 8:6

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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
image 1st Cor 11:7, Eph 4:24, Col 3:10, Jas 3:9
male Matt 19:4, Mark 10:6

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And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
blessed Psa 127:3
fruitful Gen 9:1, Gen 9:7, Lev 26:9, Psa 128:3

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And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
meat Psa 104:14, Psa 146:7, Acts 14:17

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And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
beast Psa 147:9

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And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
made Psa 104:24

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