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Genesis 1 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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The Creation

(Gen 2:4–9; Job 38:4–11; Jhn 1:1–5 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:1 -

In the beginning H7225 God H430 created H1254 the heavens H8064 and the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - And the earth H776 was a [fn]formless H8414 and desolate H922 emptiness H922, and darkness H2822 was over H5921 the [fn]surface H6440 of the deep H8415, and the Spirit H7307 of God H430 was hovering H7363 over H5921 the [fn]surface H6440 of the waters H4325.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:3 - Then God H430 said H559, “[fn]Let there be light H216”; and there was light H216.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4 - God H430 saw H7200 that the light H216 was good H2896; and God H430 separated H914 the light H216 from the darkness H2822.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - God H430 called H7121 the light H216 “day H3117,” and the darkness H2822 He called H7121 “night H3915.” And there was evening H6153 and there was morning H1242, one H259 day H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:6 -

Then God H430 said H559, “Let there be [fn]an expanse H7549 in the midst H8432 of the waters H4325, and let it separate H914 the waters H4325 from the waters H4325.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:7 - God H430 made H6213 the [fn]expanse H7549, and separated H914 the waters H4325 that H834 were below H4480 H8478 the [fn]expanse H7549 from the waters H4325 that H834 were above H4480 H5921 the [fn]expanse H7549; and it was so H3651.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8 - God H430 called H7121 the [fn]expanse H7549 “heaven H8064.” And there was evening H6153 and there was morning H1242, a second H8145 day H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:9 -

Then God H430 said H559, “Let the waters H4325 below H4480 H8478 the heavens H8064 be gathered H6960 into one H259 place H4725, and let the dry H3004 land H3004 appear H7200”; and it was so H3651.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:10 - And God H430 called H7121 the dry H3004 land H3004 “earth H776,” and the gathering H4723 of the waters H4325 He called H7121 “seas H3220”; and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good H2896.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:11 - Then God H430 said H559, “Let the earth H776 sprout H1876 [fn]vegetation H1877, [fn]plants H6212 yielding H2232 seed H2233, and fruit H6529 trees H6086 on the earth H776 bearing H6213 fruit H6529 according to [fn]their kind H4327 [fn]with seed H2233 in them”; and it was so H3651.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:12 - The earth H776 produced H3318 [fn]vegetation H1877, [fn]plants H6212 yielding H2232 seed H2233 according to [fn]their kind H4327, and trees H6086 bearing H6213 fruit H6529 [fn]with seed H2233 in them, according to [fn]their kind H4327; and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good H2896.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:13 - And there was evening H6153 and there was morning H1242, a third H7992 day H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:14 -

Then God H430 said H559, “Let there be [fn]lights H3974 in the [fn]expanse H7549 of the heavens H8064 to separate H914 the day H3117 from the night H3915, and they shall [fn]serve as signs H226 and for seasons H4150, and for days H3117 and years H8141;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:15 - and they [fn]shall serve as lights H3974 in the [fn]expanse H7549 of the heavens H8064 to give H215 light H215 on the earth H776”; and it was so H3651.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:16 - God H430 made H6213 the two H8147 great H1419 lights H3974, the greater H1419 light H3974 [fn]to govern H4475 the day H3117, and the lesser H6996 light H3974 [fn]to govern H4475 the night H3915; He made the stars H3556 also.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:17 - God H430 placed H5414 them in the [fn]expanse H7549 of the heavens H8064 to give H215 light H215 on the earth H776,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - and [fn]to govern H4910 the day H3117 and the night H3915, and to separate H914 the light H216 from the darkness H2822; and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good H2896.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:19 - And there was evening H6153 and there was morning H1242, a fourth H7243 day H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 -

Then God H430 said H559, “Let the waters H4325 [fn]teem H8317 with swarms H8318 of living H2416 creatures H5315, and let birds H5775 fly H5774 above H5921 the earth H776 [fn]in the open H6440 [fn]expanse H7549 of the heavens H8064.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - And God H430 created H1254 the great H1419 sea H8577 creatures H8577 and every H3605 living H2416 creature H5315 that moves H7430, with which H834 the waters H4325 swarmed H8317, according to their kind H4327, and every H3605 winged H3671 bird H5775 according to its kind H4327; and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good H2896.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:22 - God H430 blessed H1288 them, saying H559, “Be H6509 fruitful H6509 and multiply H7235, and fill H4390 the waters H4325 in the seas H3220, and let birds H5775 multiply H7235 on the earth H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:23 - And there was evening H6153 and there was morning H1242, a fifth H2549 day H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:24 -

Then God H430 said H559, “Let the earth H776 produce H3318 living H2416 creatures H5315 according to [fn]their kind H4327: livestock H929 and crawling H7431 things H7431 and animals H2416 of the earth H776 according to [fn]their kind H4327”; and it was so H3651.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:25 - God H430 made H6213 the animals H2416 of the earth H776 according to [fn]their kind H4327, and the livestock H929 according to [fn]their kind H4327, and everything H3605 that crawls H7431 on the ground H127 according to its kind H4327; and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good H2896.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 -

Then God H430 said H559, “[fn]Let Us make H6213 mankind H120 in Our image H6754, according to Our likeness H1823; and [fn]let them rule H7287 over the fish H1710 of the sea H3220 and over the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and over the livestock H929 and over all H3605 the earth H776, and over every H3605 crawling H7431 thing H7431 that crawls H7430 on the earth H776.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - So God H430 created H1254 man H120 in His own image H6754, in the image H6754 of God H430 He created H1254 him; male H2145 and female H5347 He created H1254 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - God H430 blessed H1288 them; and God H430 said H559 to them, “Be H6509 fruitful H6509 and multiply H7235, and fill H4390 the earth H776, and subdue H3533 it; and rule H7287 over the fish H1710 of the sea H3220 and over the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and over every H3605 living H2416 thing H2416 that [fn]moves H7430 on the earth H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29 - Then God H430 said H559, “Behold H2009, I have given H5414 you every H3605 plant H6212 yielding H2232 seed H2233 that is on the [fn]surface H6440 of all H3605 the earth H776, and every H3605 tree H6086 [fn]which H834 has fruit H6529 yielding H2232 seed H2233; it shall be food H402 for you;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - and to every H3605 animal H2416 of the earth H776 and to every H3605 bird H5775 of the sky H8064 and to everything H3605 that [fn]moves H7430 on the earth H776 [fn]which H834 has life H5315 H2416, I have given every H3605 green H3418 plant H6212 for food H402”; and it was so H3651.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:31 - And God H430 saw H7200 all H3605 that He had made H6213, and behold H2009, it was very H3966 good H2896. And there was evening H6153 and there was morning H1242, the sixth H8345 day H3117.
NASB20 Footnotes
Or waste
Lit face of
Lit face of
I.e., a command, not a request; and so throughout the ch
Or a firmament; i.e., atmosphere and space
Or firmament
Or firmament
Or firmament
Or firmament
Or grass
Or herbs
Lit its
Lit in which is its seed
Or grass
Or herbs
Lit its
Lit in which is its seed
Lit its
Or luminaries, light-bearers, and so throughout the ch
Or firmament; i.e., atmosphere and space
Lit be for
Lit be for
Or firmament
Lit for the dominion of
Lit for the dominion of
Or firmament
Lit for the dominion of
Or swarm
Lit on the face of
Or firmament
Lit its
Lit its
Lit its
Lit its
I.e., indicating united action, not a request
I.e., have them rule
Or crawls
Lit face of
Lit in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed
Or crawls
Lit in which is living breath
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