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Genesis 1:1-2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Genesis 1:1-2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
1 [a]In the beginning God created[b] the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit[c] of God was moving over the face of the waters.
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- 1.1—2.4a The aim of this narrative is not to present a scientific picture but to teach religious truth, especially the dependence of all creation on God and its consecration to him through the homage rendered by man, who is the climax of creation. Hence its strong liturgical character and the concluding emphasis on the sabbath. It serves as a prologue to the whole of the Old Testament.
- Genesis 1:1 Or When God began to create
- Genesis 1:2 Or wind
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