Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-21
FIRST CHAPTER OF GENESIS IN THE NEW
VERSION.

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esis according to the Revised Version. The
notation CT the verses follows that of the
authorized verson for the sake of compari-
son, though the new version will be printed
in paragraphs with the verse numbers in the
margin, as in the Revised New Testament
|. In tho beginning God created the hea-
ven and the earth.
3. And the earth was waste, and void; and
darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face
of the waters.
8. And God said Let there be light: and
there was light.
4. And God saw the light that it was
good: and God divided 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. And God said, let there be armament
in the midst of the waters, and let it divide
the waters from the waters.
7. And God made the armament, and di-
vided the waters which were under the fir
mament from the waters which were above
the armament, and it was so.
s. And God called the armament heaven;
and there was evening and there was morn
ing, second day.
8. Aad God said Let the waters under the
heaven be gathered together unto one place,
and let the dry land appear and it was so.
10. And God called the dry land earth !;
and the gathering together of the waters
called He Seas and God saw that it was
good.
II. And God said, Let the earth put forth
grass. herb Welding seed and fruit tree,
bearing fruit after its kind wherein is the
seed thereof, upon the earth and it was so.
II. And the earth brought forth grass
herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree
bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof
after its kind and God saw that it was
good.
morning, q third day.
II. Aud God said Let there be light in the
armament Of the heaven to divide the day
from the night; and let them be for signs,
aud for seasons, and for dsys, and years.
Is. And let them be for lights in the fir
mament of the heaven to give light upon
the earth and it was so.
l6. And 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.
II. And God set them in the armament of
the heaven to give light upon the earth.
49, And to rule over the day aud over
the night, and TO divide the light from the
darkness: ard God saw that it was good.
10. And there was evening and thero was
| morning, fourth day.
20. And God said, Let the waters bring
forth abuudantly the moving creature that
| hath life, and let fowl fly above the earth
| j., tho oman armament of heaven.
81. And God created the great sea mon.
sters, and every living creature that moveth,
| which the waters brought forth abun-
dainty, after their kinds, and every winged
| fowl after its kind and God saw that it was
| good.
%. And God blessed them saying, Be
| fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in
the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
90. And there was evening aud there was
morning, fifth day.
"a. And God said, Let the earth briug
forth the living creature after its kind, cas-
tie, and creeping thing, and beast Of the
earth after its kind and it was so.
25. Aud God made the beast Of the earth
after its kind, and the cattle after their
kind, and every thing that creepeth upon
the ground after its kind: and God saw that
it was good.
| 26. And GOd Sald : Leu US make uau III
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.
81. And God created man in his own i'm.
age, in the iruage Of God created he him
male and female created he them.
%. And God blessed them, and God said
unto them, Be fruitful and multiply and re-
plenish the earth and subdue it, and have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
the fowl of the air, and over every living
thing that moveth upon the earth.
| 90. And God said, Behold I have given
YOU every herb yielding seed, which is upon
the face of all the earth, and every tree, in
the which is the fruit of tree yielding seed
to YOU it shall be for meat.
so. And to every beast of the earth, and
to every fowl of the air, and to everything
that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there
is life have given every green herb tol
meat and it was so.
81. And God saw everything that he hac
made, and behold, it was very good. And
there was evening and there was morning
the sixth day.
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