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^(C1)In the beginning ^(C2)God ^(C3)created the heavens and the earth.

And the earth was a ^(F1)(C1)formless and desolate emptiness, and ^(C2)darkness was over the ^(F2)surface of the deep, and ^(C3)the Spirit of God ^(C4)was hovering over the ^(F2)surface of the waters.

Then ^(C1)God said, "^(F1)Let there be light"; and there was light.

God saw that the light was ^(C1)good; and God ^(C2)separated the light from the darkness.

^(C1)God called the light "day," and the darkness He called "night." And ^(C2)there was evening and there was morning, one day.

Then God said, "Let there be ^(F1)an ^(C1)expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."

God made the ^(F1)expanse, and separated ^(C1)the waters that were below the ^(F1)expanse from the waters ^(C2)that were above the ^(F1)expanse; and it was so.

God called the ^(F1)expanse "heaven." And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Then God said, "^(C1)Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let ^(C2)the dry land appear"; and it was so.

And God called the dry land "earth," and the ^(C1)gathering of the waters He called "seas"; and God saw that it was good.

Then God said, "Let the earth sprout ^(F1)(C1)vegetation, ^(F2)plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to ^(F3)their kind ^(F4)with seed in them"; and it was so.

The earth produced ^(F1)vegetation, ^(F2)plants yielding seed according to ^(F3)their kind, and trees bearing fruit ^(F4)with seed in them, according to ^(F3)their kind; and God saw that it was good.

And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Then God said, "Let there be ^(F1)(C1)lights in the ^(F2)(C2)expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and they shall ^(F3)serve as ^(C3)signs and for ^(C4)seasons, and for days and years;

and they ^(F1)shall serve as lights in the ^(F2)expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so.

God made the two great lights, the ^(C1)greater light ^(F1)to govern the day, and the lesser light ^(F1)to govern the night; He made ^(C2)the stars also.

^(C1)God placed them in the ^(F1)expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

and ^(F1)to ^(C1)govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.