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And then the Spirit was hovering, and darkness and silence embraced everything; the sound of man's voice was not yet there.
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Then thou didst command that a ray of light be brought forth from thy treasuries, so that thy works might then appear.
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"Again, on the second day, thou didst create the spirit of the firmament, and didst command him to divide and separate the waters, that one part might move upward and the other part remain beneath.
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"On the third day thou didst command the waters to be gathered together in the seventh part of the earth; six parts thou didst dry up and keep so that some of them might be planted and cultivated and be of service before thee.
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For thy word went forth, and at once the work was done.