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In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the… Genesis 1:1-2

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In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:1-2 creation Spirit heaven
So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.
Genesis 2:3 creation blessing sabbath

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.”
Genesis 2:18 creation marriage relationships
So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27 creation God beauty
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
Genesis 1:3 creation speaking light
I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
Genesis 9:13 covenant promises
I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.
Genesis 9:11 safety covenant promises
And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called Woman,
for out of Man this one was taken.”
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Genesis 2:22-24 marriage creation body
God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.”
Genesis 1:29 food life fruitfulness
Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”
Genesis 1:26 creation God life