And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
But he is in one (mind), and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.
By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.
For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;