{
  "1": "{Everything} began when God created the heavens and the earth. ",
  "2": "{At first after that,} the earth did not have {its present} form, and there was nothing {living} on it. It was {totally} dark, there was deep water {everywhere}, and God’s Spirit was moving above the water.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "3": "Then God said, “I command light to start shining!” And {immediately} light started shining. ",
  "4": "God observed that the light {was} excellent. Then he divided the light from the darkness {so that each had its own time}. ",
  "5": "He named the light Daytime, and the darkness he named Nighttime. Then evening came and {later} morning came, {and that was} {the end of} the first day.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "6": "Then God said, “I command there to be a large space in the middle of the water, so that it divides the water into two separate places.” ",
  "7": "That is how God made a large space and used it to divide the water that {was} below the space from the water that {was} above it. Everything happened {exactly} as he commanded, ",
  "8": "and he named the space Sky. Then evening came and {later} morning came, {and that was} {the end of} the second day.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "9": "Then God said, “I command the water {that is} below the sky to come together in one place so that there is dry ground.” And that is {exactly} what happened. ",
  "10": "Then God named the ground that had dried off Land, and he named the water which had gathered together Ocean. And he observed that {what he had made was} excellent.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "11": "Then God said, “I command the land to produce {green} plants all over the earth, {including} {all types of} plants that produce seeds {and} {all types of} fruit trees that produce their own type of fruit with seeds inside.” And that is {exactly} what happened: ",
  "12": "The land started producing {green} plants, {including} {all types of} plants that produce their own type of seeds and {all types of} trees that produce their own type of fruit with seeds inside. God observed that {what he had made was} excellent. ",
  "13": "Then evening came and {later} morning came, {and that was} {the end of} the third day.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "14": "Then God said, “I command there to be sources of light in the sky that divide the day{time} from the night{time}. They must also mark when important things happen, and {they must} show when seasons, days and years begin {and end}. ",
  "15": "They must function as lights in the sky that shine {light} on the earth.” And that is {exactly} what happened.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "16": "That is how God made the two bright lights, the brighter light to shine during the day{time}, and the weaker light to shine during the night{time}. {That is} also {when he made} the stars. ",
  "17": "He put those lights in the sky to shine light on the earth, ",
  "18": "to shine during the day{time} or during the night{time}, and to divide the light from the darkness. God observed that {what he had made was} excellent. ",
  "19": "Then evening came and {later} morning came, {and that was} {the end of} the fourth day.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "20": "Then God said, “I command there to be large groups of {water} animals that live everywhere in the water.  I also command there to be birds that fly in the sky above the earth.” ",
  "21": "That is how God made the huge sea animals and all {the other} {types of} animals that live all over the place in the water, {each} having its own type of young. {That is} also {how he made} all {the different types of} birds, {each} having its own type of young. God observed that {what he had made was} excellent.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "22": "Then he blessed them {all} by saying {to them}, “You {water animals} must have many young so that you increase {greatly} {in number} and live all over the place in the ocean. {You} birds must {also} increase {greatly} {in number} all over the earth.” ",
  "23": "Then evening came and {later} morning came, {and that was} {the end of} the fifth day.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "24": "Then God said, “I command the land to produce {all types of} animals, {each} having its own type of young, {including} domestic animals, {all types of} animals that crawl and {all} the {other types of} wild animals, {each} having its own type of young.” And that is {exactly} what happened. ",
  "25": "That is how God made {all the different types of} wild animals, {each} having its own type of young, and {all} the domestic animals, {each} having its own type of young, and all {different types of} animals that crawl on the ground, {each} having its own type of young. God observed that {what he had made was} excellent.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "26": "Then God said {to himself}, “{Now} we should make human beings to be like us and act like us, and let us put them in charge of the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, the domestic animals, and the entire earth, including all the animals that live on the earth.” ",
  "27": "So God created human beings to be like himself. {Yes,} he made them to be like himself. He {also} created them {to be} male or female.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "28": "Then God blessed them by saying to them, “Have many children so that you {and your descendants} increase {greatly} {in number} and live all over the earth and take control of it. You are in charge of the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that live on the land.” ",
  "29": "Then he {also} said {to them}, “Listen, I am {now} giving to you {for food} all {the different types of} plants that produce seeds and grow anywhere on the earth, as well as all the {different types of} trees that {produce} fruit with seeds inside it. {All of} them are yours to eat from.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "30": "In the same way, {I give} every {type of} green plant for food to all the {wild} animals {that live} on the earth, and all the birds {that fly} in the sky, and all the {other} animals {that live} on the land and breathe {air}.” And that is how it was.\n\n\\p",
  "31": "Then God looked at everything that he had made, and he observed that it was {all} very excellent. Then evening came and {later} morning came, {and that was} {the end of} the sixth day.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "front": "\\s1 How God Created the Universe and Everything in It\n\\sr 1:1-2:3\n\\p"
}
