Genesis 1
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Genesis 1:1-3

11In the beginning 2God 3created the heavens and the earth.

2And the earth was a 45formless and desolate emptiness, and 6darkness was over the 7surface of the deep, and 8the Spirit of God 9was hovering over the 10surface of the waters.

3Then 11God said, “12Let there be light”; and there was light.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 1:1 Ps 102:25; Is 40:21; John 1:1, 2; Heb 1:10 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 1:1 Ps 89:11; 90:2; Acts 17:24; Rom 1:20; Heb 11:3 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 1:1 Job 38:4; Is 42:5; 45:18; Rev 4:11 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 1:2 Or waste ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 1:2 Jer 4:23 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 1:2 Job 38:9 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 1:2 Lit face of ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 1:2 Ps 104:30; Is 40:13, 14 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 1:2 Deut 32:11; Is 31:5 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 1:2 Lit face of ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 1:3 Ps 33:6, 9; 2 Cor 4:6 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 1:3 I.e., a command, not a request; and so throughout the ch ↩

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