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|Then God commanded: "Lights will come to be in the expanse of the skies, to distinguish between the day and the night, and they will serve as signs, for (planting) seasons, for days, and for years.

|Then God commanded: "Lights will come to be in the expanse of the skies, to distinguish between the day and the night, and they will serve as signs, for (planting) seasons, for days, and for years.

|The [[Hebrew]] '''מועד''' (''mow'ed''), translated "season," actually means an appointed time for doing something. The [[Hebrews]] were originally agrarian, as the original names of their months ([[Abib]], [[Sivan]], etc.) indicate.

|The [[Hebrew]] '''מועד''' (''mow'ed''), translated "season," actually means an appointed time for doing something. The [[Hebrews]] were originally agrarian, as the original names of their months ([[Abib]], [[Sivan]], etc.) indicate.

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|And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

|And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

|They will also serve for lights in the expanse of the sky to produce light over the earth!" And so it came to be.

|They will also serve for lamps in the expanse of the sky to produce light over the earth!" And so it came to be.

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|And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

|And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

|God made two particularly intense lights: the more intense to rule the day, and the less-intense to rule the night. He also made the [[star]]s.

|God made two particularly intense lamps: the more intense to rule the day, and the less-intense to rule the night. He also made the [[star]]s.

|The two intense lights are, of course, the [[sun]] and the [[moon]]. In addition, God made every other object in the sky, including the [[planet]]s, of which the ancients could see five: [[Mercury]], [[Venus]], [[Mars]], [[Jupiter]], and [[Saturn]].

|The two intense lights are, of course, the [[sun]] and the [[moon]]. In addition, God made every other object in the sky, including the [[planet]]s, of which the ancients could see five: [[Mercury]], [[Venus]], [[Mars]], [[Jupiter]], and [[Saturn]].

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|And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

|And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

|and to have dominion over the day and the night, and to distinguish light from darkness. God approved this because it was good.

|and to have dominion over the day and the night, and to distinguish light from darkness. God deemed this good.

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|Again, "good" means "finished; ready for the next step."

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|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.

|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.

|So God created gigantic sea creatures, and made the waters teem with every moving creature after its [[Baraminology|kind]], and every winged bird after its [[Baraminology|kind]]. God approved it because it was good.

|So God created gigantic sea creatures, and made the waters teem with every moving creature after its [[Baraminology|kind]], and every winged bird after its [[Baraminology|kind]]. God deemed this good.

|The largest of sea creatures included more than the great [[whales]]. They also included several species of marine [[dinosaur]]s, at least two of which (the [[Loch Ness Monster | Loch Ness creature]] and "Predator X", identified in the Bible as "[[Leviathan]]") survived the [[Great Flood]].

|The largest of sea creatures included more than the great [[whales]]. They also included several species of marine [[dinosaur]]s, at least two of which (the [[Loch Ness Monster | Loch Ness creature]] and "Predator X", identified in the Bible as "[[Leviathan]]") survived the [[Great Flood]].

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|And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

|And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

|God made all manner of wild animal kinds, and livestock kinds, and every kind of thing that creeps on land. God approved it because it was good.

|God made all manner of wild animal kinds, and livestock kinds, and every kind of thing that creeps on land. God deemed this good.

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|Again, finished—and ready for the pièce de résistance: [[human|man]].

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|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.

|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.

|God approved of everything He had made. In fact it was absolutely excellent. Evening and morning came: the sixth day.

|God regarded everything He had made. He pronounced it absolutely excellent, finished, and complete. Evening and morning came: the sixth day.

|The Hebrew '''מאד''' (''meh'od''), when used after an adjective, takes the meaning of that adjective to the highest degree. "Very good" doesn't quite do it justice.

|The Hebrew '''מאד''' (''meh'od''), when used after an adjective, takes the meaning of that adjective to the highest degree. "Very good" doesn't quite do it justice.

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