An example of traditional format:

Genesis

1:1  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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.
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 the evening and the morning were the first day.

An example of modern format:

1 ¹In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. ²And 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. ³And God said, Let there be light and there was light. ⁴And God saw the light, that it was good and God divided the light from the darkness. ⁵And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.