2 Now the earth was(a) formless and empty,(A) darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.(B) 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,”(C) and there was light.

Footnotes:

a. Genesis 1:2: Or When God began to create the sky and the earth, 2 the earth was

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