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Genesis

1 When God began creatinga the heavens and the earth, 2the earth wasb a shapeless, chaotic mass, with the Spirit of God brooding over the dark vapors.

3Then God said, “Let there be light.” And light appeared. 4-5And God was pleased with it and divided the light from the darkness. He called the light “daytime,” and the darkness “nighttime.” Together they formed the first day.c

6And God said, “Let the vapors separated to form the sky above and the oceans below.” 7-8So God made the sky, dividing the vapor above from the water below. This all happened on the second day.e

9-10Then God said, “Let the water beneath the sky be gathered into oceans so that the dry land will emerge.” And so it was. Then God named the dry land “earth,” and the water “seas.” And God was pleased. 11-12And he said, “Let the earth burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant, and fruit trees with seeds inside the fruit, so that these seeds will produce the kinds of plants and fruits they came from.” And so it was, and God was pleased. 13This all occurred on the third day.f

14-15Then God said, “Let bright lights appear in the sky to give light to the earth and to identify the day and the night; they shall bring about the seasons on the earth, and mark the days and years.” And so it was. 16For God had made two huge lights, the ...