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Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath

In the beginning when God created[a] the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God[b] swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

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  1. Genesis 1:1 Or when God began to create or In the beginning God created
  2. Genesis 1:2 Or while the spirit of God or while a mighty wind

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