When God began to create ^a heaven and earth—
² the earth being unformed and void, with darkness
over the surface of the deep and a wind from ^b God
sweeping over the water—³ God said, “Let there be
light”; and there was light. ⁴ God saw that the light was
good, and God separated the light from the darkness.
⁵ God called the light Day, and the darkness He called
Night. And there was evening and there was morning,
a first day. ^c

⁶ God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of
the water, that it may separate water from water.” ⁷ God
made the expanse, and it separated the water which
was below the expanse from the water which was above

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