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n in various cultures. Specifically, it appears in the Hebrew tradition (King James Version): "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, 'Let there be light': and there was light. And God saw the light, and that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day." (Genesis 1:1-5) This story was rooted in the memory of the ancient Hebrews as it was in other Mediterranean cultures such as that of the ancient Gre

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