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Genesis 1:1-31 (MSG)

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¹ First this: God created the Heavens and Earth--all you see, all you don't see. ² Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss. ³ God spoke: "Light!" And light appeared. ⁴ God saw that light was good and separated light from dark. ⁵ God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning-- Day One. ⁶ God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!" ⁷ God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was: ⁸ he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning-- Day Two. ⁹ God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. ¹⁰ God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good. ¹¹ God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was. ¹² Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good. ¹³ It was evening, it was morning-- Day Three. ¹⁴ God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years, ¹⁵ Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was. ¹⁶ God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars. ¹⁷ God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up Earth ¹⁸ And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good. ¹⁹ It was evening, it was morning-- Day Four. ²⁰ God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!" ²¹ God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. ²² God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!" ²³ It was evening, it was morning-- Day Five. ²⁴ God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals--all kinds." And there it was: ²⁵ wild animals of every kind, Cattle of all kinds, every sort of reptile and bug. God saw that it was good. ²⁶ God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth." ²⁷ God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female. ²⁸ God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth." ²⁹ Then God said, "I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth And every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food. ³⁰ To all animals and all birds, everything that moves and breathes, I give whatever grows out of the ground for food." And there it was. ³¹ God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning-- Day Six.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 1) Strength / Sovereignty / Power - Creation - the greatest miracle of all time
(v. 31) Goodness / Good - God made creation that was very good

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 1) Are these contradictory creation accounts? In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth
(v. 26) Is there one God or more than one God? Let us make man in our image
(v. 27) Who made me? God created man in his own image
(v. 28) Is marriage approved or dissaproving? Be fruitful and increase in number
(v. 31) Is God satisfied with his works or not? God saw all that he had made, and it was very good

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 1) Why did God create the world? (2014-07-08)
(v. 1) Genesis 1 - Creation & Recreation (2011-10-01)
(v. 4) Genesis 1 - Creation & Recreation (2011-10-01)
(v. 16) Genesis 1 - Creation & Recreation (2011-10-01)
(v. 26) Heart of Maturity (Motivation of Maturing) (2010-04-28)
(v. 26) Desire's Journey - The Adventure Begins (part 3) (2010-07-11)
(v. 26) Genesis 1 - Creation & Recreation (2011-10-01)
(v. 27) Raising Awesome Kids - Model of Masculinity (2008-11-25)
(v. 27) Genesis 1 - Creation & Recreation (2011-10-01)
(v. 27) Mission - Baptizing Them (2010-11-28)
(v. 27) Waking Dead - At War (part 1) (2010-08-06)
(v. 27) Desire's Journey - The Grand Affair (part 5) (2010-07-08)
(v. 27) Heart of Maturity (Motivation of Maturing) (2010-04-28)
(v. 27) Created for a Purpose (2015-04-28)
(v. 31) Waking Dead - Glory (part 2) (2010-08-25)

Definition(s):
Mark (Mark): same as Marcus
So (Soh):