In the beginning

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
 * Genesis 1

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
 * John 1

The same was in the beginning with God.

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.