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Then I said: “Lord, you spoke from the beginning of creation on the first day, ‘Let heaven and earth be made,' and your word accomplished the deed.
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Then the spirit was hovering, darkness was spread around, and there was silence. There was as yet no sound of a human voice.
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Then you commanded that a ray of light be brought forth from your treasuries so that your works might be seen.
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“Then on the second day you created the spirit of the firmament and commanded that it divide and make a division between the waters so that a certain part might recede upward and another part remain below.
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“On the third day you commanded the waters to be gathered together in a seventh part of the earth, but you made six parts dry and preserved them so that some of these might be sown and cultivated, to be of service before you.