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Genesis

Chapter 1

The History of Creation

1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.3Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.6Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” 7Thus 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. 8And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.9Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.11Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. 12And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13So the evening and the morning were the third day.14Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; 15and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16Then 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. 17God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.20Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.” 21So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.24Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so. 25And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”29And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. 30Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. 31Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Chapter 2

1Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. 2And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.4This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, 5before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; 6but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.7And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

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chapel247 - (eBible Novice) over 2 years ago.

The Invisible and The Visible are alike to GOD, for HE can see things as they are. In the book of John, chapter 1, verse 1, the bible says "In the begining was the word, and the word was with GOD, and the word was GOD. It goes on to say that ALL THINGS were made by HIM, that is the word that was in the begining with GOD, and is GOD. ALL THINGS, seen and unseen, were made by the invisible GOD! I'm going to say John 1:1 differently to bring to light what it says, but is easily skipped over. "Before time, was the invisible WORD, and the invisible WORD was with the invisible GOD, and the invisible WORD was GOD". To continue, one could say "ALL THINGS(visible and invisible)were made by the invisible HIM, and without the invisible HIM, was nothing made (visible or invisible)that was made". This is an awesome observation, because now one can see how it is a natural process for the invisible to become visible, after all, it was our invisible GOD that created this visible universe! Now you can begin to see how it's not a crazy thing to "walk by faith and NOT BY SIGHT!" The WORD tells us that FAITH COMES by HEARING! For example; let's say your a person consumed with lonliness. Then you hear the WORD that says "I will never leave you nor forsake you!" After a little while of messing with that WORD conception takes place! You are now pregnant with the truth that GOD will never leave you or forsake you! Next thing you know, the torture of lonliness disapates. There is a release from that bondage. Thank GOD, the WORD says, "you'll know the truth, and the truth will set you free!" In another place the word tells us "My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge!" Our wonderful loving Father places before us life and death. LET'S CHOOSE LIFE!

Eric - (eBible Novice) over 2 years ago.

Would you consider yourself a good person? Do you think you have kept the 10 commandments? All of them all of the time? Ever lied? Stolen? Hated (yup, Jesus says this is the same as murder)? On Judgment Day, if God judges you by the 10 commandments, will you be innocent or guilty? Do you think you will go to Heaven or Hell? If Heaven, why? are you sure? I Hell, does that concern you? Do you know what God did so you wouldn't have to go to Hell? Read these verses to explore God's Plan: 1) John 3:16-17, 2) I Peter 3:18, 3) Acts 26:20, 4) Revelation 3:20, 5) Romans 10:9-10. A few questions: 1) Are you a sinner? 2) Do you want to be forgiven? 3) Are you willing to change your life? 4) Do you believe Jesus died and rose again? 5) Are you ready to ask Jesus into your life? If you want to surrender your life to Jesus Christ and accept His Gift of Salvation from sin, now is the time. Pray to God. Here is an example prayer you can pray: "Heavenly Father, I'm a sinner. I ask forgiveness for my sins. I believe that Jesus died on the cross for me and rose again. I am ready to change and follow Jesus. I ask Jesus into my heart and into my life. I ask this in Jesus' name, Amen." A few questions for believers: 1) How many of your sins has Christ paid for? 1 John 2:2 (All of them), 2) How many sins does Christ remember? Hebrews 10:17 (None), 3) Where does Christ Live? Galatians 2:20 (Lives in me). Praise God and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Let His glorious plan interrupt your life! 1) Love God First (Matthew 22:37-38), 2) Love People Unconditionally (Matthew 22:39-40), 3) Go Make More (Matthew 28:18-20). Feed on God's Word, Pray, Go to Church and find believers to share life with, Go and share your faith and teach others to do the same.

His-son - (eBible Novice) over 2 years ago.

God answered the evolutionist thousands of years ago with the first four words of the Bible. "IN THE BEGINNING GOD" Any more questions?

tstiffler - (eBible Enthusiast) over 2 years ago.

Universe is latin for "One Spoken Sentence"

Karsten - (eBible Scholar) 8 months ago.

My Bible tells me that in the beginning, God. In the beginning, there is God. Notice I did not say there was God. God is not bound by time, for God is eternal; God is actual eternity. The continuality of God says He always is, and never just was. God is so awesome that before there was time, there is God. It goes on to say God created the heavens and the earth. Three distinct Persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, looked into nothing and created something. He looked at a great void and spoke a great world into existence. From His very hands He poured water onto the earth. From that water, He pulled land to become continents and used His fingernails to etch the boundaries of countries. From His spoken word, He created mammals, insects, birds, and fish. He picked up the very dust from the ground, and hardened it to make my collarbone and kneecaps, softened it to make my flesh, drew in it to make my fingerprints, curled it to make my hair, melted it to make my fluids, and blew in it to make my life. My God is so bad that he made a masterpiece from pieces masterfully.

Fred - (eBible Novice) over 2 years ago.

In one simple verse, we record the establishment of both space and time. We must also note that the Hebrew word Elohim is used here to refer to God. It is plural. Yet, the associated verb is singular. So, from the very first verse in the Bible, we have an allusion to the Trinity.

hyewon - (eBible Novice) about 1 year ago.

God lvoes us so created the world and humanbeing.

yigre - (eBible Novice) 6 months ago.

There was nothing but God was there He is the first before all things

brother_fel - (eBible Mentor) over 2 years ago.

On this verse, God Creat the whole universe Heb 1:10

Luke2022 - (eBible Novice) over 2 years ago.

This is the start; the first loop. I must discover where the loop that becomes before this ends.

WalMac

- (eBible Novice) 3 months ago.

This is the first name of God recorded in the Bible (Gen. 1:1) It is rendered as 'God' in most English translations. This is a plural noun, meaning more than two. It is used with singular verbs; the dual form 'Eloah' is used in Job. The first part, "El", means God and is attached to His might, power, majesty, glory, and authority. The second part "Ohim" means His plurality nature, so we can clearly see in the first scripture God is introduced as the Almighty Trinity.

pianoplaya4jesus13 - (eBible Enthusiast) about 1 year ago.

This is proof that God created the heavens and the earth.

Abraham35583 - (eBible Novice) 8 months ago.

we can't go back any further than "in the beginning God". The fool has said - there is no God. Where did God come from? We have no adequate answer, He always existed. He has existed from the beginning. The whole universe is not just here by accidental compression of gasses and explosions and cooling off and the forming of planetary systems and a particular planet with special atmospheric conditions and hydrology conditions that have made it possible to support a form of life upon it. It just so happens that the earth was 93 million miles away from the sun, it just so happens the atmosphere became a combination of gasses, it just so happens around the earth ozone, magnetic force circulating around the earth, just so happens 2/3 water to 1/3 land mass ratio, just so happen somehow combination of molecules/ protein that come together at right time / place in right proportions and under right heat and so forth spontaneously generated into first cell. What is the chance of that just so happening? the chances are extremely rare indeed. certainly when we see the human body we can see a design. all the checks and balances cry out DESIGN!