In the beginning God created the heaven
and the earth.
In the beginning God created the heavens
and the earth.
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Genesis 1
31 aligned verses; 31 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
KJV
King James Version
WEB
World English Bible
And
the earth was without
form,
and
void;
and darkness was upon
the face
of the deep. And
the
Spirit of
God
moved
upon
the face
of the waters.
Now
the earth was formless
and empty.
Darkness was on
the surface
of the deep. God's
Spirit was
hovering
over
the surface
of the waters.
And
God said, Let there be light :
and there was light.
God said, "
Let there be light ,"
and there was light.
And
God saw the light, that it was good :
and
God divided the light from the darkness.
God saw the light, and
saw
that it was good .
God divided the light from the darkness.
And
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And
the
evening and the
morning were
the
first
day.
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There
was
evening and there
was
morning ,
one
day.
And
God said, Let there be a
firmament
in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
God said, "
Let there be an
expanse
in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. "
And
God made the firmament
, and divided the waters which were under the firmament
from the waters which were above the firmament:
and it was so.
God made the expanse
, and divided the waters which were under the expanse
from the waters which were above the expanse,
and it was so.
And
God called the firmament
Heaven
. And
the
evening and the
morning were
the
second day.
God called the expanse
sky
. There
was
evening and there
was
morning ,
a
second day.
And
God said, Let the waters under the heaven
be gathered together unto
one place, and let the dry land appear :
and it was so.
God said, "
Let the waters under the sky
be gathered together to
one place, and let the dry land appear ,"
and it was so.
And
God called the dry land Earth ;
and the gathering together of the waters called
he Seas :
and
God saw that it was good.
God called the dry land Earth ,
and the gathering together of the waters he called
Seas .
God saw that it was good.
And
God said, Let the earth bring
forth grass, the
herb
yielding seed, and the
fruit tree
yielding
fruit after his
kind, whose
seed is
in itself
, upon
the earth :
and it was so.
God said, "
Let the earth put
forth grass, herbs
yielding seed, and fruit trees
bearing
fruit after their
kind, with
its
seed in it
, on
the earth ,"
and it was so.
And
the earth brought forth grass, and
herb
yielding seed after his
kind, and the
tree
yielding
fruit, whose
seed was
in itself
, after his
kind: and God saw that it was good.
The earth brought forth grass, herbs
yielding seed after their
kind, and trees
bearing
fruit, with
its
seed in it
, after their
kind: and God saw that it was good.
And
the
evening and the
morning were
the
third day.
There
was
evening and there
was
morning ,
a
third day.
And
God said, Let there be lights in the firmament
of the
heaven
to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days ,
and years :
God said, "
Let there be lights in the expanse
of sky
to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years ;
And let them be for lights in the firmament
of the
heaven
to give light upon
the earth :
and it was so.
and let them be for lights in the expanse
of sky
to give light on
the earth ,"
and it was so.
And
God made two great lights ;
the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night :
he made the stars also
.
God made the
two great lights :
the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night .
He also
made the stars.
And
God set them in the firmament
of the
heaven
to give light upon
the earth,
God set them in the expanse
of sky
to give light to
the earth,
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness :
and
God saw that it was good.
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness .
God saw that it was good.
And
the
evening and the
morning were
the
fourth day.
There
was
evening and there
was
morning ,
a
fourth day.
And
God said, Let the waters bring
forth
abundantly
the
moving
creature
that
hath
life
, and fowl
that
may
fly above the earth in the open firmament
of heaven
.
God said, "
Let the waters swarm
with
swarms
of
living
creatures
, and let
birds
fly above the earth in the open expanse
of sky
. "
And
God created great
whales
, and every living creature that moveth
, which the waters brought
forth
abundantly
, after their kind, and every winged fowl
after his
kind :
and
God saw that it was good.
God created the
large
sea
creatures
, and every living creature that moves
, with
which the waters swarmed
, after their kind, and every winged bird
after its
kind .
God saw that it was good.
And
God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl
multiply in
the earth.
God blessed them, saying, "
Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds
multiply on
the earth. "
And
the
evening and the
morning were
the
fifth day.
There
was
evening and there
was
morning ,
a
fifth day.
And
God said, Let the earth bring forth the
living creature
after his
kind, cattle, and
creeping thing
, and beast
of the earth after his
kind :
and it was so.
God said, "
Let the earth bring forth living creatures
after their
kind, cattle, creeping things
, and animals
of the earth after their
kind ,"
and it was so.
And
God made the beast
of the earth after his
kind, and cattle after their kind, and every
thing
that creepeth
upon
the earth
after his
kind :
and
God saw that it was good.
God made the animals
of the earth after their
kind, and the
cattle after their kind, and everything
that creeps
on
the ground
after its
kind .
God saw that it was good.
And
God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl
of the air
, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon
the earth.
God said, "
Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds
of the sky
, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps
on
the earth. "
So
God created man in his own image ,
in the
image of
God
created
he him; male and female created
he them.
God created man in his own image .
In God's
image he created
him; male and female he created
them.
And
God blessed them ,
and
God said unto
them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and
replenish
the earth, and subdue it :
and
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the fowl
of the air
, and over every living thing that moveth
upon
the earth.
God blessed them .
God said to
them, "
Be fruitful, multiply, fill
the earth, and subdue it .
Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds
of the sky
, and over every living thing that moves
on
the earth. "
And
God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing
seed, which is upon
the face
of all the earth, and every tree, in
the
which is
the
fruit of
a
tree
yielding seed ;
to
you
it shall
be for
meat
.
God said, "
Behold, I have given you every herb yielding
seed, which is on
the surface
of all the earth, and every tree, which bears
fruit yielding seed .
It will
be your
food
.
And
to every beast
of the earth, and to every fowl
of the air
, and to every
thing
that creepeth
upon
the earth, wherein
there is life, I have given every green herb for meat:
and it was so.
To every animal
of the earth, and to every bird
of the sky
, and to everything
that creeps
on
the earth, in
which
there is life, I have given every green herb for food."
And it was so.
And
God saw every
thing
that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And
the
evening and the
morning were
the sixth day.
God saw everything
that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There
was
evening and there
was
morning ,
the sixth day.
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