Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-06-11
The First Chapter of Genesis.
THE NEW VERSION.

THE NEW VERSION.
| The following is the first chapter OF
Genesis according to the Revised
Version. The notation of the verses
follows that of the authorized version
for the sake of comparison, though the
new version will be printed in para.
graphs with the verse numbers in the
margin:
4 |. In the beginning God created
the heaven and the earth.
| 2. 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.
3. And God said: Let there be
light; and there was light.
A. And God saw the light that ii
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 a
armament in the midst OF the waters,
and let it divide the waters.
7. And God made the armament,
and divided the waters which we're
under the armament 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 morning, second day.
9. And 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. the7dry land
earth; and the gathering together of
the waters called He the seas; and
God saw that it was good
IL. And God said: Let the earth
put forth grass, herb yielding seed
and fruit tree, bearing fruit after its
kind, wherein is the seed thereof, up
on 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.
l3. And there was evening and
there was morning, a third day.
IA. And 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, and for seasons,
ana for days, and years.
Is. And let them be for lights in
the armament of the heaven to give
light upon the earth; and it was so.
l6. And God made the 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 fir
mament Of the heaven to give light
upon the earth.
Is. And to rule over the day and
over the night, and to divide the light
from the darkness; and God saw the
it was good.
10. And there was evening and
there was morning, fourth day.
20. And God said: Let the wa
ters bring forth abundantly the NOV
ing creature that hath life, and let |
fowl fly above the earth in the open
armament of heaven.
81. And God created the great sea
monsters, and every living creature
that moveth, which the waters brought
forth abundantly, 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 multi
ply in the earth.
%. And there was evening and
there was morning, fifth day.
"a. And God said: Let the earth
bring forth the living creature after
It's kind, cattle, and creeping thing.
md beast Of the earth after its kind;
Ind 1t was so. :.
25 And God made the beast Of the
,arth after its kind, and the cattle
after their kind, and everything that
,reepeth upon the ground after its
,ind; and God saw1it was good.
rs. And God ssald: Let us make
nan in our image after our likeness.
md let him have dominion over the
ish of the sea, and over the fowl OF
he air, and over the cattle, and over
III the earth, and over every creeping
hing that creepeth upon the earth.
27. And God created man in his
'wn image, in the image Of God
reated he him; male and female
reated He them.
28. And God blessed them, and
Tod said unto them: Be fruitful,
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