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When the earth[a] was as yet unformed and desolate, with the surface of the ocean depths shrouded[b] in darkness, and while the Spirit of God was hovering[c] over the surface of the waters, God said, “Let there be light!” So there was light.

God saw that the light was beautiful.[d] He[e] separated the light from the darkness,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:2 Or When God began to create the universe, the earth
  2. Genesis 1:2 The Heb. lacks shrouded
  3. Genesis 1:2 Or brooding
  4. Genesis 1:4 Or good
  5. Genesis 1:4 Lit. God