Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-21
BIBLE REVISION.
New Version of the First Chapter OF
Genesis

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FIRST CHAPTER OF GENESIS.
The following is the first chapter o.
Genesis according to the Revised Yer
sion. The notation of the verses follow:
that of the authorized version for the
sake of comparison, though the new yer
sion will be printed in paragraphs witt
the verse numbers in the margin:
l. 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.
4. And God saw the light that it was
good; and God divided the light from tie
darkness.
3. 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 firm
ament in the midst of the waters, and
let it divide the waters from the waters
Z. And God made the ornament, and
divided the waters which were under
| the armament from the waters which
were above the armament, and it was so
s. And God called the ornament
! 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 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 yielding 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, ana
tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed
thereof, after its kind; and God saw that
it was good.
I3. And there was evening and there
was morning, third day.
IA. And God said, Let there be light
in the ornament of the heaven to divide
the day from the night; and let them be
for signs, and for seasons, aad for days
and years.
15. And let them be for lights in the
ornament Of the heaven to give light
upon the earth; and it was 80.
16. And God made the two great lights;
the greater light to ruFe 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.
1S. And to rule over the day and over
the night, and to divive the light from
the darkness; and God saw that it was
good.
10. And there was evening and there
was morning, fourth day.
90. And God said, Let the waters
bring forth abGndantly the moving. crea-
ture that hath life, and let fowl fly above
the earth in the open ornament of
heaven.
21. 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 multiply 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 its kind,
cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of
the earth after its kind; and it was so.
25. And 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 said, Let US make man
in 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 creep
eth upon the earth.
81. And God created man in his own
image, in the image of God created He
him; male and female created He them.
2S. And God blessed them, ard God
said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply
aud replenish 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.
20. And God said: Behold 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 yea it shall be for meat
80. And to every beast of the earth,
and to every fowl of the air, and to ev
cry thing that creepeth upon the earth,
wherein there is life, have given every
green herb for meat; and it was so.
81. And God saw every thing that He
had made, and, behold, it was very good.
And there was evening and there was
morning, the sixth day.