Wednesday, January 25, 2006

And It Was So

1 (A) In the beginning (B) God (C) created the heavens and Earth.

2 The earth was [a](D) formless and void, and (E) darkness was over the surface of the deep, and (F) the Spirit of God (G) was [b] moving over the surface of the waters.

3 Then (H) God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.

4 God saw that the light was (I) good; and God (J) separated the light from the darkness.

5 (K) God called the light day, and the darkness He called night And (L) there was evening and there was morning, one day.

6 Then God said, "Let there be an (M) expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."

7 God made the [c] expanse, and separated (N) the waters which were below the expanse from the waters (O) which were above the expanse; and it was so.

8 God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9 Then God said, "(P) Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let (Q) the dry land appear"; and it was so.

10 God called the dry land earth, and the (R) gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.

11 Then God said, "Let Earth sprout (S) vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on Earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them"; and it was so.

12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

-Genesis 1:1-13