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Genesis 2:4-9; Job 38:4-11; John 1:1-5">[xr] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Then God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.

Then God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years;

and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so.

God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth,

Then God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens."

Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished.

This is the history [fn] of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."

Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.

Deuteronomy 28:27">[xr] So the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take for yourselves handfuls of ashes from a furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens in the sight of Pharaoh.

For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity.

It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed."'

I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.

Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the LORD your God, also the earth with all that is in it.

lest the LORD's anger be aroused against you, and He shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and you perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving you.

that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth.

The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

And your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron.