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Ch. I.  IN the beginning God made the heaven and the earth. And the earth was invisible and unfurnished and there was darkness over this abyss; and a breath of God was brought on above the water. And God said, "Let there be Light;" and there was light. And God saw the light that it was good. And God made a separation between the light and the darkness. And God called the light day; and the darkness he called night. And there was an evening and there was a morning. The first day.

Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water; and let it make a separation between water and water." And it was so. God made the firmament; and God made a separation between the water which was below the firmament and the water which was above the firmament. And God called the firmament, heaven. And God saw that it was good. And there was an evening and there was a morning. The second day.

Then God said, "Let the water which is below the heaven be gathered into one receptacle and let the dry land appear." And it was so. The waters which were below the heaven were gathered into their several collections, and the dry land appeared. And God called the dry land, earth; and the collections of the waters he called, seas. And God saw that it was good. And God said, "Let the earth produce the grassy plant with sowing seed according to kind and according to likeness, and the fruit bearing tree together with the fruit, the seed of which is in it according to kind, upon the earth." And it was so. The earth indeed produced the grassy plant with sowing seed according to kind and according to likeness, and the fruit tree together with fruit, the seed of which is in it, according to kind, in the earth. And God saw that it was good. And there was an evening and there was a morning. The third day.

Then God said, "Let there be luminaries in the firmament of heaven, to give light on the earth; to make a separation between the day and the night: and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years; and let them be for an illumination in the firmament of heaven so as to shine on the earth." And it was so. God indeed made the two great luminaries, the greater luminary for the regulations of VOL. I.