Genesis 1:1,3
Genesis 1:1-2 The Message (MSG)
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don’t see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
Genesis 1:3-5 The Message (MSG)
God spoke: “Light!” And light appeared. God saw that light was good and separated light from dark. God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning— Day One.
Genesis 1:1 King James Version (KJV)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:3 King James Version (KJV)
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1:1 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
Genesis 1:1 New Century Version (NCV)
In the beginning God created the sky and the earth.
Genesis 1:3 New Century Version (NCV)
Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Genesis 1:1 American Standard Version (ASV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1:1 New International Version (NIV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:3 New International Version (NIV)
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Genesis 1:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
Genesis 1:1 Amplified Bible (AMP)
In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. [Heb 11:3]
Genesis 1:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
Genesis 1:1 New Living Translation (NLT)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Genesis 1:1 The Passion Translation (TPT)
When God created the heavens and the earth
Genesis 1:3 The Passion Translation (TPT)
And then God announced, “Let there be light,” and light burst forth!
Genesis 1:1 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.