Genesis 1:1-25 — TLB

Read Genesis 1:1-25 (The Living Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 1.1-25, Genesis 1v1-25, Gen. 1:1-25. When God began creating the heavens and the earth, the earth was a shapeless, chaotic mass, with the Spirit of God brooding over the dark vapors. Then God said,…

2 the earth was a shapeless, chaotic mass, with the Spirit of God brooding over the dark vapors.

6 And God said, “Let the vapors separate to form the sky above and the oceans below.”

16 For God had made two huge lights, the sun and moon, to shine down upon the earth—the larger one, the sun, to preside over the day and the smaller one, the moon, to preside through the night; he had also made the stars.

18 and to preside over the day and night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God was pleased.

20 Then God said, “Let the waters teem with fish and other life, and let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”

24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth every kind of animal—cattle and reptiles and wildlife of every kind.” And so it was.

25 God made all sorts of wild animals and cattle and reptiles. And God was pleased with what he had done.

Passage themes

Before all things — In the beginning
The Creator's work — God created the heaven and the earth
An uninhabitable earth — the earth was without form, and void
The creating breath — the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters
The creating word — And God said
Light appears — Let there be light
The sea filled — Let the waters bring forth abundantly
The breath of creatures — the moving creature that hath life
Birds and the expanse — fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven

Notes and references

When God began creating, or “In the beginning God created.”
the earth was, or “the earth became.” a shapeless, chaotic mass, or “shapeless and void.” over the dark vapors, or “over the cloud of darkness,” or “over the darkness and waters,” or “over the dark gaseous mass.” There is not one correct way to translate these words.
Let the vapors separate, literally, “Let there be a dome to divide the waters.”
This all occurred on the third day, literally, “And there was evening and there was morning, a third day (or ‘period of time’).”
This all happened on the fourth day, literally, “And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day (or ‘period of time’).”
That ended the fifth day, literally, “And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day (or ‘period of time’).”

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Des milliers d'années en 50 chapitres La Genèse couvre plus de temps que tout le reste de la Bible réuni : de la création du monde jusqu'à l'installation en Égypte. Aucun autre livre biblique ne parcourt autant d'histoire en si peu de pages.

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Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

Genesis 1:1-25 — TLB | maBible

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