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Genesis 1:1-3
Darby Translation
Genesis 1:1-3
Darby Translation
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.
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