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= Goals = Keep the meaning of the original texts as clear as possible, while trying to use mostly simple wording and relatively short sentences. = Old Testament =

Genesis 1
= New Testament =
 * Start of the World
 * 1: First, God made the heavens and the Earth with nothing.
 * 2: The Earth was empty, there was nothing on the earth. Darkness covered the ocean, and God’s Spirit flew over the water.
 * 3: Then God said, "I want light to exist", and there was light.
 * 4: God knew that the light was pleasing and useful, and made it separate from the darkness.
 * 5: God called the light day, and he called the darkness night. There was evening, then morning, one day.
 * 6: Then God said, "I want a space to separate the waters into two parts",
 * 7: and it happened, exactly how he wanted.
 * 8: God called the space "sky". There was evening, then morning, two days.
 * 9: Then God said, "I want the water under the sky to be in one place, and I want dry ground to exist", and that's what happened.
 * 10: God called the dry ground "land", and he called the water "seas", and God knew that this was pleasing and useful.
 * 11: Then God said, "I want grass, herbs, and fruit trees limited to their own kinds of seeds, to exist."
 * 12: And it happened, and God knew that it was good.
 * 13: There was evening, then morning, three days.
 * 14. Then God said "I want lights to exist in the sky, to separate days and nights. They will mark seasons, days, and years."