In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the
surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering
over the waters. And God said, ÒLet there be
light,Ó and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he
separated the light from
the darkness. God called the light Òday,Ó and the
darkness he called Ònight.Ó And there was evening, and there was morning Ð one day.