Genesis 1:1-2

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The Account of Creation

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.^[a] ²The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

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1:1 Or In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, . . . Or When God began to create the heavens and the earth, . . .

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