7
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
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¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
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11
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
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15
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
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24
¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his
kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind:
and it was so.
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And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
6
And again, I, God, said: Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and it was so, even as I spake; and I said: Let it divide the waters from the waters; and it was done;
7
And I, God, made the firmament and divided the waters, yea, the great
waters under the firmament from the waters which were above the
firmament, and it was so even as I spake.
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9
And I, God, said: Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and it was so; and I, God, said: Let there be dry land; and it was so.
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11
And I, God, said: Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding
seed, the fruit tree yielding fruit, after his kind, and the tree
yielding fruit, whose seed should be in itself upon the earth, and it was so even as I spake.
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15
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and it was so.
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24
And I, God, said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature after
his kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after
their kind, and it was so;
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26
And I, God, said unto mine Only Begotten, which was with me from the beginning: Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and it was so.
And I, God, said: Let them have dominion over the fishes of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to
everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein I grant life, there
shall be given every clean herb for meat; and it was so, even as I spake.
7
And the Gods ordered the expanse, so that it divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so, even as they ordered.
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9
And the Gods ordered, saying: Let the waters under the heaven be
gathered together unto one place, and let the earth come up dry; and it was so as they ordered;
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11
And the Gods said: Let us prepare the earth to bring forth grass; the
herb yielding seed; the fruit tree yielding fruit, after his kind, whose
seed in itself yieldeth its own likeness upon the earth; and it was so, even as they ordered.
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15
And organized them to be for lights in the expanse of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and it was so.
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24
And the Gods prepared the earth to bring forth the living creature after
his kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after
their kind; and it was so, as they had said.
8
During this time of great excitement my mind was
called up to serious reflection and great uneasiness; but though my
feelings were deep and often poignant, still I kept myself aloof from
all these parties, though I attended their several meetings as often as
occasion would permit. In process of time my mind became somewhat
partial to the Methodist sect, and I felt some desire to be united with
them; but so great were the confusion and strife among the different denominations, that it was impossible for a person young as I was, and so unacquainted with men and things, to come to any certain conclusion who was right and who was wrong.
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He had on a loose robe of most exquisite whiteness. It was a whiteness beyond anything earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any earthly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant. His hands were naked, and his arms also, a little above the wrist; so,
also, were his feet naked, as were his legs, a little above the ankles.
His head and neck were also bare. I could discover that he had no
other clothing on but this robe, as it was open, so that I could see into his bosom.
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After this third visit, he again ascended into heaven as before, and I was
again left to ponder on the strangeness of what I had just experienced;
when almost immediately after the heavenly messenger had ascended from
me for the third time, the cock crowed, and I found that day was approaching, so that our interviews must have occupied the whole of that night.
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