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The earth was barren,
    with no form of life;[a]
it was under a roaring ocean
    covered with darkness.
But the Spirit of God[b]
    was moving over the water.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.1,2 In … life: Or “When God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth was barren with no form of life.”
  2. 1.2 the Spirit of God: Or “a mighty wind.”

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