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The Account of Creation
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In the beginning
God created the heavens
and the earth.
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The 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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Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light
was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light
“day” and the darkness “night.”
And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
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Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of
the heavens from the waters of the earth.” 7 And that is what happened. God made
this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens. 8 God
called the space “sky.”
And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
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Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry
ground may appear.” And that is what happened. 10 God called the dry ground
“land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let
the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that
grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and
trees from which they came.” And that is what happened. 12 The land produced
vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit.
Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind.
And
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God sawthat it was good.
And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night.
Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. 15 Let these lights in the
sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened. 16 God made two great
