#1 • The Beginning & Light (vv. 1–5)
Book of Genesis 1:1, King James Version (1611)
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
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Genesis Chapter 1 (King James Version)
The Six Days of Creation, "In the Beginning", and the Image of God (Genesis 1:1–31)
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Genesis 1:1–3 (KJV) • Traditional Author: Moses (Traditional Attribution)
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”
Source: King James Version (1611), Genesis 1:1–3 (KJV)
Textual & Historical Context: Genesis Chapter 1 (King James Version) (The Six Days of Creation, "In the Beginning", and the Image of God (Genesis 1:1–31)) stands as one of the foundational chapters of the 1611 Authorized King James Version, preserved across Masoretic Hebrew and Koine Greek manuscript traditions and attributed to Moses (Traditional Attribution) (Prophet & Lawgiver).
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#2 • The Beginning & Light (vv. 1–5)
Book of Genesis 1:2, King James Version (1611)
“And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”
#3 • The Beginning & Light (vv. 1–5)
Book of Genesis 1:3, King James Version (1611)
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”
#4 • The Beginning & Light (vv. 1–5)
Book of Genesis 1:4–5, King James Version (1611)
“And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
#5 • Heavens, Earth & Luminaries (vv. 6–19)
Book of Genesis 1:14, King James Version (1611)
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.”
#6 • Living Creatures & Humanity (vv. 20–31)
Book of Genesis 1:21, King James Version (1611)
“And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.”
#7 • Living Creatures & Humanity (vv. 20–31)
Book of Genesis 1:26, King James Version (1611)
“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.”
#8 • Living Creatures & Humanity (vv. 20–31)
Book of Genesis 1:27, King James Version (1611)
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
#9 • Living Creatures & Humanity (vv. 20–31)
Book of Genesis 1:28, King James Version (1611)
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it.”
#10 • Living Creatures & Humanity (vv. 20–31)
Book of Genesis 1:31, King James Version (1611)
“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”