Genesis 1:1
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Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
1 When God began to create[a] the heavens and the earth,(A)
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- 1.1 Or In the beginning God created
Genesis 1:6
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6 And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”(A)
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Job 9:8
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- 9.8 Or trampled the back of the sea dragon
Psalm 104:2
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2 wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent;(A)
Isaiah 40:22
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22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
and spreads them like a tent to live in,(A)
Jeremiah 10:12-16
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12 It is he who made the earth by his power,
who established the world by his wisdom
and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.(A)
13 When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.(B)
14 Everyone is stupid and without knowledge;
goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols,
for their images are false,
and there is no breath in them.(C)
15 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
16 The portion of Jacob is not like these,
for he is the one who formed all things,
and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
the Lord of hosts is his name.(D)
Acts 14:15
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15 “People,[a] why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.(A)
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Romans 1:20
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20 Ever since the creation of the world God’s eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been seen and understood through the things God has made. So they are without excuse,(A)
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