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Genesis 1:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" There was evening and there was morning, a third day. "
Genesis 1:13
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11 God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.
12 The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14 God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;
15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
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Genesis 1:1
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
Genesis 1:2
"The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters."
Genesis 1:3
"God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light."
Genesis 1:4
"God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness."
Genesis 1:5
"God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day."
Genesis 1:6
"God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”"
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