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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the… Genesis 1:1-2

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Genesis 1:1-2	In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 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. creation Spirit heaven
And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation. Genesis 2:3	And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. creation blessing sabbath

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” Genesis 2:18	And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. creation marriage relationships
So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27	So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. creation God beauty
Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Genesis 1:3	And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. creation speaking light
I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth. Genesis 9:13	I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. covenant promises
Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth. Genesis 9:11	And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. safety covenant promises
Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man. “At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’” This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. Genesis 2:22-24	And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. marriage creation body
Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.” Genesis 1:29	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. food life fruitfulness
Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” Genesis 1:26	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. creation God life