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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth… Genesis 1:1-2

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and barren, and darkness covered the abyss while the Spirit of God hovered over the waters.
Genesis 1:1-2 creation Spirit heaven
And the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I wish to make another creature who will be like him.”
Genesis 2:18 creation marriage relationships

God blessed the seventh day and he consecrated it, for on it he rested from all the work he had done when he created all things.
Genesis 2:3 creation blessing sabbath
God created mankind in his image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27 creation God beauty
I will place my rainbow in the clouds and it will be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
Genesis 9:13 covenant promises
God said, “Let there be light!” And there was light.
Genesis 1:3 creation speaking light
I will establish my covenant with you: never again will all living creatures be cut off by the waters of a flood, nor will the earth be laid waste by a flood again.
Genesis 9:11 safety covenant promises
The Lord God then formed a woman out of the rib that he had taken from the man. He brought her before the man.
The man said,
“This one is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh.
She shall be called woman
because she was taken from man.”
This is why a man leaves his father and his mother and joins with a wife, and the two become one flesh.
Genesis 2:22-24 marriage creation body
And God said, “Behold, I give you every plant that produces seeds upon the earth and every tree that has fruit with its seed inside of it: these shall be your food.”
Genesis 1:29 food life fruitfulness
And God said, “Let us make man in our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the wild animals and reptiles that crawl upon the earth.”
Genesis 1:26 creation God life