1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.+ Now the earth was formless and desolate,* and there was darkness upon the surface of the watery ...

Genesis. Read the Bible free online. The NWT Study Bible is complete with cross references, maps, and an accurate Bible dictionary. Genesis Outline · Genesis 1:1-31 · Genesis 2:1-25 · Genesis 6:1-22

Genesis tells about the work of creation, and it shows God's purpose in creating man, the relationship of man to God, and the relationship of man to the animals ...

Humans were created in God's image, with the ability to cultivate and manifest qualities that God possesses, such as love, empathy, and justice.

From Genesis 1:1 to 2:4, the Bible briefly relates the steps that God took in creating the earth and all living things on it, including the first man and woman.

Genesis is the first book of the Pentateuch (an Anglicized Greek word meaning “five rolls” or “fivefold volume”). Evidently this was originally one book called ...

Genesis, the first book of the Bible, reveals the origin of the universe, man's early history, the origin of sin and death, and God's means to undo all ...

This is a history of the heavens and the earth in the time they were created, in the day that Jehovah* God made earth and heaven.

The Genesis rendering by translator J. W. Watts reflects this when it says: “And gradually light came into existence.” (A Distinctive Translation of Genesis) ...

Genesis 1:1-31—Read the Bible online or download free. The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (1984) is published by Jehovah's Witnesses.