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Dutch · Beginner

De schepping van de wereld

Adapted from The Creation of the World

By The Bible

God creates the world and rests on the seventh day.

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Illustration for the scene “The empty earth”

Scene 1 · Beginner

De lege aarde

The empty earth

Dutch

In het begin maakte God de hemel en de aarde. De aarde had nog geen vorm en was leeg. Het was donker boven het diepe water. Gods Geest zweefde boven het water.

English translation

In the beginning, God made the sky and the earth. The earth had no shape yet and was empty. It was dark over the deep water. God’s Spirit hovered over the water.

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