Genesis 1

The Creation

1 In the beginning  * 1:1 Ps 90:2; 102:12; Is 40:21; Jn 1:1–3; Eph 3:21 God created the heavens and the earth.  * 1:1 Or created the universe,* 1:1 Neh 9:6; Is 40:12–14; 43:7; Jr 10:12–16; Am 4:13; Rm 1:25; 1Co 11:9; Col 1:16; Rv 4:11

2 Now the earth was formless and empty,  * 1:2 Jr 4:23 darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.  * 1:2 Jb 26:13; 33:4; Ps 33:6; 104:30