Read the following excerpt from the Torah, the Jewish holy book. Which event in the Jewish tradition is being described in this passage?

1.1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

1.2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.

1.3 And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light.

1.4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

1.5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. 1

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Maryjane Joyce · Answer 1

This passage describes the moment when God created time, the division of night and day, and the creation of light in the universe and on the Earth.