Genesis 1
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Genesis 1:2-5

2And the earthH776 was a 12formlessH8414 and desolateH922 emptinessH922, and 3darknessH2822 was overH5921 the 4surfaceH6440 of the deepH8415, and 5the SpiritH7307 of GodH430 6was hoveringH7363 overH5921 the 7surfaceH6440 of the watersH4325. 3Then 8GodH430 saidH559, “9Let there be lightH216”; and there was lightH216. 4GodH430 sawH7200 that the lightH216 was 10goodH2896; and GodH430 11separatedH914 the lightH216 from the darknessH2822. 512GodH430 calledH7121 the lightH216 “dayH3117,” and the darknessH2822 He calledH7121 “nightH3915.” And 13there was eveningH6153 and there was morningH1242, oneH259 dayH3117.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 1:2 Or waste ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 1:2 Jer 4:23 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 1:2 Job 38:9 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 1:2 Lit face of ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 1:2 Ps 104:30; Is 40:13, 14 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 1:2 Deut 32:11; Is 31:5 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 1:2 Lit face of ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 1:3 Ps 33:6, 9; 2 Cor 4:6 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 1:3 I.e., a command, not a request; and so throughout the ch ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 1:4 Ps 145:9, 10 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 1:4 Is 45:7 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 1:5 Ps 74:16 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 1:5 Ps 65:8 ↩

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