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1 The creation of heaven and earth, 3 of the light, 6 of the firmament. 9 The earth eparated from the waters, and made fruitful. 14 The creation of the un, moon, and tars, 20 of fih and fowl, 24 of beats and cattle, 26 of man in the image of God; and his bleing. 29 The appointment of food.

N the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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.

¶ And God aid, Let there be light: and there was light.

And God aw the light, that it was good: and God divided † the light from the darknes.

And God called the light Day, and the darknes he called Night. † And the evening and the morning were the firt day.

¶ And God aid, Let there be a † firmament in the midt of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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 o.

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the econd day.

¶ And God aid, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was o.

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

And God aid, Let the earth bring forth † gras, the herb yielding eed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whoe eed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was o.

And the earth brought forth gras, and herb yielding eed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whoe eed was in itself, after his kind: and God aw that it was good.

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

¶ And God aid, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide † the day from the night; and let them be for igns, and for easons, and for days, and years:

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

And God made two great lights; the greater light † to rule the day, and the leer light to rule the night: he made the tars alo.

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

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darknes: and God aw that it was good.

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

¶ And God aid, 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.

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 aw that it was good.

And God bleed them, aying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the eas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

¶ And God aid, 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.

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 aw that it was good.

¶ And God aid, Let us make man in our image, after our likenes: and let them have dominion over the fih of the ea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over