Genesis 1 (NET)

Genesis 1:1¹In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 1:1-3Heb 11:3Isa 45:18Rev 4:11Heb 1:10Col 1:16-17Isa 42:5Exod 20:11Job 38:4Acts 17:24

Genesis 1:2²Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 4:23Ps 104:30Isa 45:18Ps 33:6Job 26:7Isa 40:12-14Job 26:14

Genesis 1:3³God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 4:6John 1:5Isa 45:7Isa 60:191 John 1:5Eph 5:8John 3:19Ps 97:11John 1:9Ps 33:6

Genesis 1:4⁴God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 2:13Eccl 11:7Gen 1:18Gen 1:31Gen 1:12Gen 1:10Gen 1:25

Genesis 1:5⁵God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 74:16Isa 45:71 Thess 5:5Ps 104:20Gen 8:22Jer 33:20Gen 1:8Ps 19:21 Cor 3:13Eph 5:13

Genesis 1:6⁶God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 51:15Job 37:18Ps 33:6Job 26:7-8Jer 10:12-13Ps 104:2Ps 148:4Ps 136:5-6Ps 33:9Ps 19:1

Genesis 1:7⁷So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 8:28-29Ps 148:4Matt 8:27Job 38:8-11Gen 1:9Job 26:8

Genesis 1:8⁸God called the expanse “sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 1:9⁹God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 3:5Jonah 1:9Jer 5:22Ps 95:5Eccl 1:7Prov 8:28-29Ps 33:7Job 26:10Ps 104:5-9Job 38:8-11

Genesis 1:10¹⁰God called the dry ground “land” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” God saw that it was good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:4

Genesis 1:11¹¹God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds and trees on the land bearing fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds.” It was so.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 6:7Ps 104:14-17Ps 147:8Gen 1:29Ps 65:9-13Gen 2:9Matt 6:30Job 28:5Mark 4:28Matt 7:16-20

Genesis 1:12¹²The land produced vegetation—plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 4:28Gal 6:7Isa 55:10-11Luke 6:44Matt 13:24-26Isa 61:112 Cor 9:10

Genesis 1:13¹³There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 1:14¹⁴God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 104:19-20Deut 4:19Jer 31:35Ps 74:16-17Ps 136:7-9Ps 148:3Amos 5:8Ps 8:3-4Ps 148:6Joel 3:15

Genesis 1:15¹⁵and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 1:16¹⁶God made two great lights —the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 136:7-9Deut 4:19Ps 8:3Isa 40:26Ps 148:5Ps 74:16Job 38:7Ps 148:31 Cor 15:41Hab 3:11

Genesis 1:17¹⁷God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 8:3Ps 8:1Job 38:12

Genesis 1:18¹⁸to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 31:35Ps 19:6

Genesis 1:19¹⁹There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 1:20²⁰God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 2:19Ps 104:24-251 Kgs 4:33Ps 148:10Gen 1:30Gen 1:22Gen 1:7Gen 8:17Acts 17:25Gen 1:14

Genesis 1:21²¹God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 104:24-26Gen 1:25Gen 8:19Gen 8:17Exod 1:7Exod 8:3Gen 6:20Gen 7:14Gen 9:7Gen 1:18

Genesis 1:22²²God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 8:17Job 40:15Gen 1:28Ps 107:38Gen 35:11Gen 9:1Job 42:12Gen 30:30Lev 26:9Prov 10:22

Genesis 1:23²³There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 1:24²⁴God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” It was so.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 50:9-10Gen 6:20Gen 8:19Job 40:15Ps 148:10Gen 7:14Job 39:5Job 38:39-40Job 39:19Ps 104:18

Genesis 1:25²⁵God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 27:5Job 12:8-10Gen 2:19-20Job 26:13

Genesis 1:26²⁶Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:10Eph 4:24Ps 8:4-8Gen 3:22Gen 5:1Ps 100:32 Cor 3:18Gen 9:2-4Isa 64:8Col 1:15

Genesis 1:27²⁷God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 19:4Eph 2:10Gen 5:1-2Mark 10:6Gen 2:21-25Eph 4:24Ps 139:14Isa 43:7Col 1:151 Cor 11:7-9

Genesis 1:28²⁸God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 9:1Gen 9:7Lev 26:9Ps 128:3-4Gen 22:17-18Gen 1:22Gen 17:20Ps 127:1-5Isa 45:18Gen 8:17

Genesis 1:29²⁹Then God said, “I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 9:3Ps 104:14-15Ps 145:15-16Ps 104:27-28Acts 14:17Ps 147:9Job 36:31Matt 6:11Matt 6:25-26Ps 24:1

Genesis 1:30³⁰And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has living breath in it—I give every green plant for food.” It was so.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 104:14Ps 145:15-16Ps 147:9Job 38:39-41Job 40:15Job 40:20Gen 9:3Job 39:4Job 39:8Job 39:30

Genesis 1:31³¹God saw all that he had made—and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 4:4Ps 104:24Ps 19:1-2Exod 20:11Ps 104:31Lam 3:38Gen 2:2Job 38:7Gen 1:23Gen 1:5