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CHAPTER EXPLORER

Genesis 1

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31 verses in KJV · 426 outgoing cross-reference links

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Opening verses of Genesis 1 (KJV)

1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: Moses

Approximate study chronology: c. 4004 BC

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