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Genesis 1:1–3

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Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath

1When God began to createa the heavens and the earth,* 2the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from Godb swept over the face of the waters.* 3Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.*

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Genesis 1:1: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Footnotes

  1. aOr In the beginning God created
  2. bOr while the spirit of God or while a mighty wind

Cross references

  1. *Ps 8:3; Isa 42:5; 44:24; 45:18; Jn 1:1, 2
  2. *Ps 104:30; Jer 4:23
  3. *Ps 33:6, 9; 2 Cor 4:6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

NLTNew Living Translation

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 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.

Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth— Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light!” And there was light.

KJV 1900King James Version

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.