The Creation

1 ^(A)In the beginning ^(B)God ^(C)created the heavens and the earth. ² The earth was ^[a](D)formless and void, and ^(E)darkness was over the ^[b]surface of the deep, and ^(F)the Spirit of God ^(G)was ^[c]moving over the ^[d]surface of the waters.

⁶ Then God said, “Let there be ^[a]an ^(A)expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” ⁷ God made the ^[b]expanse, and separated ^(B)the waters which were below the ^[c]expanse from the waters ^(C)which were above the ^[d]expanse; and it was so. ⁸ God called the ^[e]expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

⁹ Then God said, “^(D)Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let ^(E)the dry land appear”; and it was so. ¹⁰ God called the dry land earth, and the ^(F)gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.