Matthew 3:1Bible in Basic English

Genesis 1:2

And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:7

And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

Genesis 3:14

And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:

Genesis 3:18

Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;