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Genesis 1World English Bible Classic

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

²The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

³God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

⁴God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

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The chapter is ordered rather than hurried. Light, sky, land, lights, creatures, and then people, each introduced the same way and each called good. It ends with a day of rest that has no evening.

Verse 1One sentence, and everything in the chapter follows from it: there is a beginning, and someone begins it.

TextGenesis 1 (World English Bible)
TraditionThe Westminster Confession of Faith, IV.1 and IV.2
TraditionThe Longer Catechism of the Orthodox Church, 112

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