Gen. 1:1 In the beginning [of the universe, setting
the clock in motion] God created out of nothing the heavens and the earth.
Gen.
1:2 But the earth became waste and void [ruined & despoiled], including darkness [sinister gloom] upon the surface of
the primeval ocean. Then [initiating restoration] the Spirit of God hovered above the surface of the waters.
Gen. 1:3 And then God verbally commanded: “Light, come forth,” and light came forth [penetrating the
darkness].
Gen. 1:4 Moreover, God enjoyed looking at the light: a truly
good [advantageous, useful] thing. Then God separated the interval of light from the interval of darkness.
Gen. 1:5 And God named the light, day, and He named the darkness, night. Then it became evening, and then it became
morning: one day.
Gen. 1:6 And then God verbally commanded: “Atmosphere,
come forth from the midst of the waters, and become a space [wall or interval] between the waters [in the upper atmosphere]
and the waters [on the surface of the earth].”
Gen. 1:7 And God restored the atmosphere and separated with
a space [interval or expanse] the waters which were underneath the atmosphere [on the surface of planet earth] from the waters
which were above the atmosphere [water vapor and clouds]. And it became just so [as originally designed].
Gen. 1:8 And God named the atmosphere [expanse], heavens. And evening came forth and then morning came forth: the
second day [of restoration].
Gen. 1:9 Then God verbally commanded: “Waters underneath
the atmosphere [on the surface of planet Earth], be gathered together in one place, and dry land appear.” And it became
just so [as originally designed].
Gen. 1:10 And God named the dry land, earth, and the accumulation
of the waters He named seas. And God enjoyed looking at a truly good thing [beautiful and necessary for man’s ability
to inhabit the planet].
Gen. 1:11 Then God verbally commanded: “Earth, sprout
fresh vegetation; seasonal plants, keep on producing seed; fruit trees, keep on bearing fruit, with seed on the inside according
to species, above the ground.” And it became just so [as originally designed].
Gen.
1:12 And the earth brought forth fresh vegetation, seasonal plants kept on producing seed according to species, and the fruit
tree kept on bearing fruit with seed on the inside according to species. And God enjoyed looking at a truly good thing [beautiful
and necessary for man’s ability to inhabit the planet].
Gen. 1:13 And evening came
forth and then morning came forth: the third day [of restoration].
Gen. 1:14 Then God verbally
commanded: “Luminaries, come forth into the upper atmosphere of the heavens to separate the interval day [sun] from
the interval night [moon, stars, planets] and become signs [reminders of extraordinary events] and appointed times [seasons],
as well as days and years.
Gen. 1:15 Also, become luminaries in the upper atmosphere
of the heavens for the purpose of providing light [shining] upon the earth.” And it became just so [as originally designed].
Gen. 1:16 And God restored from existing materials two great luminaries: the larger and more intense luminary [the
sun] with dominion over the day and the smaller and less intense luminary [the moon] with dominion over the night, including
the stars.
Gen. 1:17 And God placed [arranged] them [the luminaries]
in the upper atmosphere of the heavens for the purpose of providing light upon the earth,
Gen.
1:18 And to exercise dominion over the day and the night, and to separate the interval of light from the interval of darkness.
And God enjoyed looking at a truly good thing [beautiful and necessary for man’s ability to inhabit the planet].
Gen. 1:19 And evening came forth and then morning came forth: the fourth day [of restoration].
Gen. 1:20 Then God verbally commanded: “Waters, swarm with living, breathing, swarming things [marine life],
and winged creatures [birds & insects], fly around above the surface of the earth in the lower atmosphere of the heaven
[sky].”
Gen. 1:21 Now God created out of nothing huge whales and every
kind of living, breathing, swarming thing [marine life] which the waters are teeming with according to their species, and
every kind of winged creature [birds & insects] according to species. And God enjoyed looking at a truly good thing [beautiful
and necessary for man’s ability to inhabit the planet].
Gen. 1:22 And God blessed
them, commanding: “Reproduce and become numerous, and fill the waters in the seas. And flying creatures [birds &
insects], become numerous above the earth.“
Gen. 1:23 And evening came forth and then morning came forth:
the fifth day [of restoration].
Gen. 1:24 Then God verbally commanded: “Earth, bring
forward the living, breathing creature according to species: the domesticated animal [cattle, sheep] and reptile and wild
beast upon the earth according to species.” And it became just so [as originally designed].
Gen. 1:25 And God made according to a previous pattern [in the original Gen. 1:1 creation] the non-hooved animal
[lion, wolf, squirrel] on the earth according to species, and the hooved animal [cattle, sheep, horse] according to species,
and all types of reptile on the earth according to their species. And God enjoyed looking at a truly good thing [beautiful
and necessary for man’s ability to inhabit the planet].
Gen. 1:26 Then God said: “We
[Father, Son, Spirit] will make according to a pattern, man, according to Our [Trinity] image, after Our [Trinity] likeness,
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the flying creatures [birds & insects] of the sky and the
hooved animals [cattle, sheep, horses] and over all the earth and over all the reptiles which creep upon the earth.”
Gen. 1:27 Then God [Jesus Christ] created man out of nothing according to an image. According to the image of God
He created him out of nothing. Male and female He created them out of nothing.
Gen.
1:28 And God blessed them and God commanded: “Be fruitful and become numerous and fill [populate] the earth. In addition,
subdue it and rule over the fish of the sea and the flying creatures [birds & insects] of the sky and every animal which
creeps upon the earth.”
Gen. 1:29 Then God announced: “Behold, I have given
to you every green plant which yields seed, which exists upon the surface of the entire earth, including every kind of tree
which yields fruit with seed. It [earth’s vegetation] will be food for you.
Gen.
1:30 And to every animal of the earth and to every flying creature [birds & insects] of the sky and to every thing which
creeps on the earth which has life: every kind of green plant for food.” And it became just so [as originally designed].
Gen. 1:31 And God enjoyed looking at everything which He had made according to pattern [divine design] and considered
it [the entire creation] a truly good thing in the highest degree. And evening came forth and then morning came forth: the
sixth day [of restoration].
Gen. 2:1 And so the heavens and the earth were completed,
including all the hosts [the sun, moon, and stars in the heavens as well as the living creatures on earth].
Gen. 2:2 And by the seventh day God completed the work [restoration] which He had made according to pattern [divine
design], and then He ceased on the seventh day from all the work which He had made according to pattern [divine design].
Gen. 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because He had ceased from all the work which God had
created out of nothing or had made according to pattern [divine design].
Gen.
2:4 These are the generations [original creation and restoration] of the heavens and the earth, from when they were created
out of nothing [the original creation in Gen. 1:1] to the day when the Lord God [Yahweh Elohim] made the earth and the heavens
according to a pattern [end of the restoration in Gen. 2:1].
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