Study Desk

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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

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

and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so.

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

And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens."

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

These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,

Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."

and I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like brass;

Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it;

and the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens, so that there be no rain, and the land yield no fruit, and you perish quickly off the good land which the LORD gives you.

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

The LORD will open to you his good treasury the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

And the heavens over your head shall be brass, and the earth under you shall be iron.

"Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

"There is none like God, O Jesh'urun, who rides through the heavens to your help, and in his majesty through the skies.

So Israel dwelt in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of grain and wine; yea, his heavens drop down dew.