Genesis 1:1-3

Contemporary English Version

The Story of Creation

1 In the beginning God
created the heavens
    and the earth.^[a]
²The earth was barren,
    with no form of life;^[b]
it was under a roaring ocean
    covered with darkness.
But the Spirit of God^[c]
    was moving over the water.

The First Day

³^(A) God said, “I command light to shine!” And light started shining.

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Footnotes

1.1 the heavens and the earth: “The heavens and the earth” stood for the universe.
1.1,2 In … life: Or “When God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth was barren with no form of life.”
1.2 the Spirit of God: Or “a mighty wind.”