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In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void or a waste and emptiness, and darkness was upon the face of the deep . The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light”; and there was
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