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Genesis 1 — Overview
Genesis 1:1, God creates heaven and earth; Genesis 1:3, the light; Genesis 1:6, the firmament; Genesis 1:9, separates the dry land; Genesis 1:14, forms the sun, moon, and stars; Genesis 1:20, fishes and fowls; Genesis…
Genesis 1:1
Numbers 1:21, Numbers 1:42, Numbers 2:28, Numbers 4:36, Numbers 7:17, Numbers 7:73, Numbers 10:14, Numbers 26:51, Numbers 31:32, Numbers 35:4; 2 Chronicles 9:1; Ezra 1:11; Ecclesiastes 11:1; Ezekiel 43:14; Deuteronomy…
Genesis 1:2
without: Job 26:7; Isaiah 45:18; Jeremiah 4:23; Nahum 2:10 Spirit: Job 26:14; Psalms 33:6, Psalms 104:30; Isaiah 40:12-14
Genesis 1:3
God: Psalms 33:6, Psalms 33:9, Psalms 148:5; Matthew 8:3; John 11:43 Let: Job 36:30, Job 38:19; Psalms 97:11, Psalms 104:2, Psalms 118:27; Isaiah 45:7, Isaiah 60:19; John 1:5, John 1:9; John 3:19; 2 Corinthians 4:6;…
Genesis 1:4
that: Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:31; Ecclesiastes 2:13, Ecclesiastes 11:7 the light from the darkness: Heb. between the light and between the darkness
Genesis 1:5
and: Genesis 8:22; Psalms 19:2, Psalms 74:16, Psalms 104:20; Isaiah 45:7; Jeremiah 33:20; 1 Corinthians 3:13; Ephesians 5:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:5 And the evening and the morning were: Heb. And the evening was, and the…
Genesis 1:6
Let there: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20, Genesis 7:11-12; Job 26:7-8, Job 26:13, Job 37:11, Job 37:18, Job 38:22-26; Psalms 19:1, Psalms 33:6, Psalms 33:9; Psalms 104:2, Psalms 136:5-6, Psalms 148:4, Psalms 150:1;…
Genesis 1:7
divided: Proverbs 8:28-29 above: Job 26:8; Psalms 104:10, Psalms 148:4; Ecclesiastes 11:3 and it: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24; Matthew 8:27
Genesis 1:8
God: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 5:2 evening: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:23, Genesis 1:31
Genesis 1:9
Job 26:7, Job 26:10, Job 38:8-11; Psalms 24:1-2, Psalms 33:7, Psalms 95:5, Psalms 104:3, Psalms 104:5-9, Psalms 136:5-6; Proverbs 8:28-29; Ecclesiastes 1:7; Jeremiah 5:22; Jonah 1:9; 2 Peter 3:5; Revelation 10:6
Genesis 1:10
God saw: Genesis 1:4; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalms 104:31
Genesis 1:11
Let the: Genesis 2:5; Job 28:5; Psalms 104:14-17, Psalms 147:8; Matthew 6:30; Hebrews 6:7 grass: Heb. tender grass fruit: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:16; Psalms 1:3; Jeremiah 17:8; Matthew 3:10, Matthew…
Genesis 1:12
earth: Isaiah 61:11; Mark 4:28 herb: Isaiah 55:10-11; Matthew 13:24-26; Luke 6:44; 2 Corinthians 9:10; Galatians 6:7
Genesis 1:14
Let there: Deuteronomy 4:19; Job 25:3, Job 25:5, Job 38:12-14; Psalms 8:3-4, Psalms 19:1-6, Psalms 74:16-17, Psalms 104:19-20; Psalms 119:91, Psalms 136:7-9, Psalms 148:3, Psalms 148:6; Isaiah 40:26; Jeremiah 31:35,…
Genesis 1:16
to rule: Heb. for the rule, etc. Deuteronomy 4:19; Joshua 10:12-14; Job 31:26, Job 38:7; Psalms 8:3, Psalms 19:6, Psalms 74:16; Psalms 136:7-8, Psalms 136:9, Psalms 148:3, Psalms 148:5; Isaiah 13:10, Isaiah 24:23,…
Genesis 1:17
Genesis 9:13; Job 38:12; Psalms 8:1, Psalms 8:3; Acts 13:47
Genesis 1:18
Psalms 19:6; Jeremiah 31:35
Genesis 1:20
Let the waters: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 8:17; Psalms 104:24-25, Psalms 148:10; Acts 17:25 moving: or, creeping, 1 Kings 4:33 life: Heb. a living soul, Genesis 1:30; Ecclesiastes 2:21 fowl that may fly:…
Genesis 1:21
great: Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 8:19; Job 7:12, Job 26:5; Psalms 104:24-26; Ezekiel 32:2; Jonah 1:17; Jonah 2:10; Matthew 12:40 brought: Genesis 8:17, Genesis 9:7; Exodus 1:7, Exodus 8:3 God saw: Genesis…
Genesis 1:22
Genesis 1:28, Genesis 8:17, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 30:27, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 35:11; Leviticus 26:9; Job 40:15, Job 42:12; Psalms 107:31, Psalms 107:38; Psalms 128:3, Psalms 144:13-14; Proverbs 10:22
Genesis 1:24
Let: Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 8:19; Job 38:39-40, Job 39:1, Job 39:5, Job 39:9, Job 39:19, Job 40:15; Psalms 50:9-10; Psalms 104:18, Psalms 104:23, Psalms 148:10; Cattle, denotes domestic animals living on…
Genesis 1:25
Genesis 2:19-20; Job 12:8-10, Job 26:13
Genesis 1:26
Let us: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:7; Job 35:10; Psalms 100:3, Psalms 149:2; Isaiah 64:8; John 5:17, John 14:23; 1 John 5:7 man: In Hebrew, Adam:; probably so called either from the red earth of which he was formed, or…
Genesis 1:27
Genesis 1:26 in the image: Psalms 139:14; Isaiah 43:7; Ephesians 2:10, Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 1:15 male: Genesis 2:21-25, Genesis 5:2; Malachi 2:15; Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6; 1 Corinthians 11:8-9