Genesis 1:1-3

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The Beginning

1 In the beginning^(A) God created^(B) the heavens^(C) and the earth.^(D) ²Now the earth was formless^(E) and empty,^(F) darkness was over the surface of the deep,^(G) and the Spirit of God^(H) was hovering^(I) over the waters.

³And God said,^(J) “Let there be light,” and there was light.^(K)

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Exodus 3:2-6

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²There the angel of the Lord^(A) appeared to him in flames of fire^(B) from within a bush.^(C) Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. ³So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”

⁴When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called^(D) to him from within the bush,^(E) “Moses! Moses!”

And Moses said, “Here I am.”^(F)

⁵“Do not come any closer,”^(G) God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”^(H) ⁶Then he said, “I am the God of your father,^[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.”^(I) At this, Moses hid^(J) his face, because he was afraid to look at God.^(K)

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Footnotes

Exodus 3:6 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (see Acts 7:32) fathers

Genesis 1:27-30

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²⁷So God created^(A) mankind^(B) in his own image,^(C)
in the image of God^(D) he created them;
male and female^(E) he created them.^(F)

²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^(G) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(H) fill the earth^(I) and subdue it. Rule over^(J) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(K)”

²⁹Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.^(L) ³⁰And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life^(M) in it—I give every green plant for food.^(N)” And it was so.

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