The Gap Theory

4 passages

1. Genesis 1:2

   Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

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2. Genesis 1:1

   In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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3. Genesis 1:28

   God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

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4. Exodus 20:11

   For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

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