without: Job 26:7; Isaiah 45:18; Jeremiah 4:23; Nahum 2:10
Spirit: Job 26:14; Psalms 33:6, Psalms 104:30; Isaiah 40:12-14
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Genesis 1:2
Genesis 1:2
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