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Genesis 1:4-17 Modern English Version (MEV)

4. God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

5. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

6. Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

7. So God made the expanse and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so.

8. God called the expanse Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.

9. Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

10. God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. Then God saw that it was good.

11. Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees on the earth yielding fruit after their kind with seed in them.” And it was so.

12. The earth produced vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind and trees yielding fruit with seed in them after their kind. And God saw that it was good.

13. So the evening and the morning were the third day.

14. And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons, and days, and years.

15. Let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.” And it was so.

16. 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.

17. Then God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

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