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Genesis 1:1-2
Good News Translation

The Story of Creation

1 In the beginning, when God created the universe,[a] 2 the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God[b] was moving over the water.

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  1. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning … the universe; or In the beginning God created the universe; or When God began to create the universe.
  2. Genesis 1:2 the Spirit of God; or the power of God; or a wind from God; or an awesome wind.
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