1. In the beginning of God's creating the heavens and the earth...
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Genesis 1
1. In the beginning of God's creating the heavens and the earth...
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2. when the earth was astonishingly empty, with darkness upon the surface of the deep, and the Divine Presence hovered upon the surface of the waters- {Stone edition, Tanach}
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. (King James Bible)
3. God said , 'Let there be light,' and there was light.
Whether it is lightbulbs (Let There Be Light, Int Pty Ltd. in Australia) or bringing technology to the developing world, as Sam Goldman does through D.Light Design, this biblical phrase has been a source of--dare we say it--ongoing illumination.
4 God saw that the light was good and God separated between the light and the darkness.
Books and even Japanese Anime games often draw on the light from darkness theme expressed in Genesis 3. These images of commercial products were taken from the web for illustrative purposes.
5. God called to the light "Day" and to the darkness He called: "Night" And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
6. God said, "Let there be firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate between water and water."
7. So God made the firmament, and separated between the waters which were beneath the firmament and the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.
8. God called to the firmament: "Heaven." And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
John Finley photographed Heavenly Couture May 15, 2009 at the
Westminster Mall in Westminster, California
9. God said, "Let the waters beneath the heaven be gathered into one area and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
10. God called to the dry land: "Earth" and to the gathering of waters He called "Seas."
11. God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation; herbage yielding seed, fruit trees yielding fruit each after its kin, containing its own seed on the earth." And it was so.
12. And the earth brought forth vegetation: herbage yielding seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, each containing its seed after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
13. And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14. God said, "Let there be luminaries in the firmament of the heaven to separate between the day and the night; and they shall serve as signs, and for festivals, and for days and years;
15. and they shall serve as luminaries in the firmament of the heaven to shine upon the earth."
The Jewish organization, Hazon (Vision), used this image to tell of the once every 28-year ceremony April 8, 2009 of the Blessing of the Sun (Birchat HaChama) to mark the sunrise in what Jewish tradition says was the same location as it was on the day of creation. Hazon is an organization whose own vision is "to create a healthier and more sustainable Jewish community -- as a step towards a healthier and more sustainable world for all."
16-17 And God made the two great luminaries, the greater luminary to dominate the day and the lesser luminary to dominate the night; and the stars. And God set them in the heaven to give light upon the earth
18. to dominate by day and by night, and to separate between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
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19. And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20. God said, "Let the waters teem with teeming living creatures, and fowl that fly about over the earth across the expanse of the heavens."
21. And God created the great sea-giants and every living being that creeps, with which the waters teemed after their kinds; and all winged fowl of every kind. And God saw that it was good.
22. God blessed them, saying "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas; but the fowl shall increase on the earth."
This image is from Kip's Reef, a site devoted to saltwater aquaria and which quotes this verse from the Bible. Here is the link
23. And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day
24. God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures, each according to its kind: animal, and creeping thing, and beast of the land each according to its kind." And it was so.
25. God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, and the animal according to its kind, and every creepingbeing of the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
26. And God said, "Let Us make Man in Our image, after Our likeness. They shall rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and over the animal, the whole earth and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."
27. So God created Man in His image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28. God blessed them and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea, the bird of the sky and every living thing that moves on the earth."
29. God said, "Behold, I have given to you all herbage yielding seed that is on the surface of the entire earth, and every tree that has seed-yielding fruit; it shall be yours for food."
30. And to every beast on the earth, to every bird of the sky, and to everything that moves on the earth, within which there is a living soul, every green herb is for food." And it was so.
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31. And God saw all that He had made, and behold it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
