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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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

This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and the heavens.

that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

Moses stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt.

"You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.

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

If [any of] your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of the heavens, from there will Yahweh your God gather you, and from there will he bring you back:

Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak; Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

Of Joseph he said, Blessed of Yahweh be his land, For the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, For the deep that couches beneath,

There is none like God, Jeshurun, Who rides on the heavens for your help, In his excellency on the skies.

Israel dwells in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yes, his heavens drop down dew.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; Thick darkness was under his feet.

But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!

For all the gods of the peoples are idols: But Yahweh made the heavens.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let them say among the nations, Yahweh reigns.

Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth [is your]; your is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.

But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house which I have built!