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Old Testament / Genesis / Chapter 01

The beginning

Genesis 1 · 31 verses · World English Bible

01

In the beginning

Wide view of dark primordial waters; no stars or heavenly bodies.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Darkness lay over the deep.
Genesis 1:1–2Comic adaptation
Light spreading across water with no visible sun.
God called light into the darkness, separating day from night. The first day.
Genesis 1:3–5Comic adaptation
02

Waters and sky

Layered waters and open sky; avoid a scientific cosmology claim.
God made an expanse between the waters, and called it sky. The second day.
Genesis 1:6–8Comic adaptation
03

Land that brings forth life

Wide view of sea meeting newly exposed ground.
The waters gathered into seas, and dry land appeared. God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:9–10Comic adaptation
Ground-level plants and seed-bearing trees in diffuse light, no sun shown.
The earth brought forth plants and trees bearing seeds and fruit. The third day.
Genesis 1:11–13Comic adaptation
04

Lights in the heavens

A composition relating daytime and nighttime skies; not a claim of simultaneous visibility.
God made lights to mark seasons, days, and years: the greater light for day, the lesser for night, and the stars. The fourth day.
Genesis 1:14–19Comic adaptation
05

Sea and sky alive

Underwater creatures and birds above the waterline; inferred species.
Living creatures filled the waters and birds flew above the earth. God blessed them to multiply. The fifth day.
Genesis 1:20–23Comic adaptation
06

Life upon the earth

Animals across open land; inferred species; humans outside this shot.
The earth brought forth animals, each according to its kind.
Genesis 1:24–25Comic adaptation
Distant adult human figures in a broad landscape, modest natural screening; God unembodied.
God created humankind in his image, male and female, and blessed them.
Genesis 1:26–28Comic adaptation
Wide living landscape, ending in stillness and evening.
God gave plants for food. He saw everything he had made, and it was very good. The sixth day.
Genesis 1:29–31Comic adaptation
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