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The Book of [1] Genesis.

CHAP. I.

God createth heaven and earth, and all things therein, in six days.

In the beginning God created heaven and earth.

2 And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved over the waters.

3 And God said: Be light made. And light was made.

4 And God saw the light that it was good: and he divided the light from the darkness.

5 And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night: and there was evening and morning one day.

6 And God said: Let there

  1. Genesis. This book is so called from its treating of the generation, that is, of the creation, and the beginning of the world. The Hebrews call it Beresith, from the word with which it begins.