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Lesson 2: Creation Story
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and
earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce
waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is
waters. what happened. 12 The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-
bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds
3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it
God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from was good.
the darkness. 5 God called the light “day” and the darkness
“night.” 13 And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day. 14 Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day
from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and
6 Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to years. 15 Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And
separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.” that is what happened. 16 God made two great lights—the larger
7 And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the
one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He
waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens. 8 God called the also made the stars. 17 God set these lights in the sky to light the
space “sky.” earth, 18 to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from
the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And evening
And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.
9 Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into 20 Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life.
one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what
Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.” 21 So God created
happened. 10 God called the dry ground “land” and the waters
great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms
“seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the
Lesson 2: Creation Story
in the water, and every sort of bird—each producing offspring of 28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill
the same kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 Then God blessed the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in
them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
29 Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant
23 And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day. throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. 30 And I
have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the
24 Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the
producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.
that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.” And that is what
happened. 25 God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and 31 ThenGod looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was
small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. very good!
And God saw that it was good.
2 And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.
26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in
like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, them was completed. 2 On the seventh day God had finished his
the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small work of creation, so he rested[a] from all his work. 3 And God
animals that scurry along the ground.” blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the
day when he rested from all his work of creation.
27 SoGod created human beings in his own image.
In the image of God he created them; 4 This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth.
male and female he created them.

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