1/4/2024 0 Comments Bible reading audio genesis![]() And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas – and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth. Frank BormanĪnd God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.Īnd God called the dry land Earth and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the second day. And the evening and the morning were the first day.Īnd God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.Īnd 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.Īnd God called the firmament Heaven. ![]() Jim LovellĪnd God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.Īnd God said, Let there be light: and there was light.Īnd God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.Īnd the earth was without form, and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep. We are now approaching lunar sunrise, and for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you. The text was printed on fire-proof paper and included in the mission flight plan. ![]() The suggestion to instead look to the Old Testament and use the beginning of Genesis came from Christine Laitin, Joseph Laitin's wife. Laitin himself had the same problem his initial drafts centered on the concept of peace on Earth, which felt inappropriate in light of the ongoing war effort, and he began looking through the New Testament to find a good connection between the Christmas season and the biblical accounts of the birth of Jesus. Borman felt that his initial attempts to draft something appropriate sounded too much like an apology for the United States involvement in the Vietnam War, and Joseph Laitin of the Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and Budget) was brought in to assist.
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