• Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
• Gen 1:2 — 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.
• Gen 1:3 — And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
• Gen 1:31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
• Gen 2:1 — Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2 Christian traditions affirm this interpretation.

• Patristic · Patristic
• Reformed · Reformed

54 passages from 10 historic works cite scripture this interpretation depends on.

• Catechism of the Catholic Church · 13 passages
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith · 8 passages
• Theology of the Body · 5 passages
• Confessions · 5 passages
• Summa Theologica · 5 passages
• City of God · 4 passages
• Heidelberg Catechism · 4 passages
• On the Creation of the World (De Opificio Mundi) · 4 passages
• Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses) · 3 passages
• Confession of Dositheus · 3 passages