GENESIS 1:1-23 [42.153, 42.723 {660, 972}]
Genesis 1:1-10 [42.153, 42.723 {660, 972}
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1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over
the surface of the deep; and the Spirit
of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
3 Then God said, Let there be light;
and there was light.
4 And God saw that the light was good; and
God separated the light from the darkness.
5 And God...... called the light day, and the darkness
He called night. And
there was evening and there was morning,
one 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 And God made the expanse, and separated
the waters which were below
the expanse from the waters which were
above the expanse; and it was so.
8 And God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and
there was morning, a second day.
9 Then God said, Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land
appear; and it was so.
10 .................. And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that
it was good.
{Missing between the fragments}
1:11 Then God said, Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants
yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with seed in
them, on the earth; and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding
seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with seed in them, after their
kind; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:13-22 [42.153, 42.723 {660, 972}
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1:13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14 Then God {written above the line} said,
Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for
seasons, and for days
and years;
15 and let them be for
lights in the expanse of the heavens
to give light on the earth; and it was so.
16 And God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern
the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.
17 And God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
18 and to govern the day and the night, and to separate
the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20 Then God said, Let
the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly
above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.
21 And God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird
after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be
fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.
23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
Key to the English Text Reconstructions
SIMILARITIES: Regular = MT yes, DSS yes; Italics
= MT yes, DSS probable; Small
Type = MT yes, DSS hole
DIFFERENCES: Italics/Bold (Blue) = MT yes, DSS no; Underline/Bold (Red) = DSS yes, MT no; Underline
(Purple) = DSS probable, MT no
OTHER: .... = blank space, apparently with
no writing; $ = present in NASB, but missing in MT; % = correction of NASB to
make it reflect MT; Phrase in {brackets} = explanation.
ABBREVIATIONS: MT = Masoretic Text (1,000
years old); DSS = Dead Sea Scrolls (2,000 years old); NASB = New American
Standard Bible, a literal English Bible translation