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the basic components of an ex nihilo creation story are below. the first sentence of the story is provided. complete the ex nihilo story by putting the correct sentences in the proper order.

a long time ago, there was nothing but darkness.

the animal dived into the water and brought up a
small piece of mud, which started expanding.
the bright light from the sphere fell on the vast
expanse of water.
inside the sphere sat god, creator of everything.
this action led to the creation of earth.
suddenly from the darkness emerged a bright,
translucent sphere hanging in midair.
god pointed at the darkness and uttered a command.
within the sphere was an animal.

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A long time ago, there was nothing but darkness.

God pointed at the darkness and uttered a command.

Suddenly from the darkness emerged a bright,  translucent sphere hanging in midair.

The bright light from the sphere fell on the vast  expanse of water.

Within the sphere was an animal.

The animal dived into the water and brought up a  small piece of mud, which started expanding.

This action led to the creation of Earth.

Explanation:

The second sentence is selected with the help of first sentence, which introduces the concept of darkness. So, the second sentence takes the story forward by telling what happened to darkness.

The third sentence takes the story from the second, and tells us what happened when the darkness was given a command (a sphere with a bright light emerged).

The fourth sentence talks about the light

The fifth sentence tells more about sphere, and tells us about "an" animal.

The sixth sentence tells about "the" animal's action. and its result.

The last line tells the final result of animal's action

The line "Inside the sphere sat God, creator of everything." does not fit well in the description.

Apart from coherence of the concepts described in each line, a careful examination of indefinite article "a", "an", and definite article "the" before various nouns is helpful in organizing the text in correct order.