Genesis 1:1 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth. [Heb. 11:3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Common English Bible

¹ When God began to create the heavens and the earth—

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

English Standard Version 2016

¹ In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1 Cross References

2 Kings 19:15

And he prayed in his sight, saying: "O Lord, God of Israel, who sits upon the cherubim, you alone are God, over all the kings of the earth. You made heaven and earth.

1 Chronicles 16:26

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

2 Chronicles 2:11

Then Hiram, the king of Tyre, said, by a letter that had been sent to Solomon: "Because the Lord loved his people, for this reason he appointed you to reign over them."

Nehemiah 9:6

You yourself alone, O Lord, made heaven, and the heaven of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all things that are in it, the seas and all things that are in them. And you gave life to all these things. And the host of heaven adores you.

Job 26:13

His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent.

Job 38:4

Where were you, when I set the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

Job 9:8

He alone extends the heavens, and he walks upon the waves of the sea.

Psalm 104:24

And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.

Psalm 104:30

Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings.

Psalm 121:2

Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem.

Psalm 134:3

praise the Lord, for the Lord is good. Sing psalms to his name, for it is sweet.

Psalm 136:5

If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.

Psalm 146:6

The Lord lifts up the meek, but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground.

Psalm 33:6

Approach him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be confounded.

Psalm 33:9

Taste and see that the Lord is sweet. Blessed is the man who hopes in him.

Psalm 8:3

Out of the mouths of babes and infants, you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.

Psalm 8:4

For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: the moon and the stars, which you have founded.

Psalm 90:2

He will say to the Lord, "You are my supporter and my refuge." My God, I will hope in him.

Psalm 96:5

The mountains flowed like wax before the face of the Lord, before the face of the Lord of all the earth.

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all the things that are in them, and so he rested on the seventh day. For this reason, the Lord has blessed the day of the Sabbath and sanctified it.

Exodus 31:18

And the Lord, having completed speaking in this way on Mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone tablets of testimony, written with the finger of God.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has wrought all things because of himself. Likewise the impious is for the evil day.

Proverbs 3:19

The Lord founded the earth on wisdom. He secured the heavens with prudence.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the time of affliction arrives and the years draw near, about which you will say, "These do not please me."

Isaiah 37:16

"O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel who sits upon the Cherubim: you alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

Isaiah 40:21

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been announced to you from the beginning? Have you not understood the foundations of the earth?

Isaiah 40:26

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things. He leads forth their army by number, and he calls them all by name. Because of the fullness of his strength and robustness and virtue, not one of them was left behind.

Isaiah 40:28

Do you not know, or have you not heard? The Lord is the eternal God, who has created the limits of the earth. He does not diminish, and he does not struggle. Neither is his wisdom searchable.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says the Lord God, who created the heavens and expanded it, who formed the earth and all that springs from it, who gives breath to the people in it, and spirit to those walking on it.

Isaiah 44:24

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and your Maker from the womb: I am the Lord, who makes all things, who alone extends the heavens, who makes the earth firm. And there is no one with me.

Isaiah 45:18

For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens, God himself who formed the earth and made it, the very Molder of it. He did not create it to no purpose. He formed it so that it would be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 51:13

And have you forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who extended the heavens, and who founded the earth? And have you been in constant dread, all day long, at the face of his fury, of the one who afflicted you and who had prepared to destroy you? Where is the fury of the oppressor now?

Isaiah 51:16

I have placed my words in your mouth, and I have protected you in the shadow of my hand, so that you might plant the heavens, and found the earth, and so that you might say to Zion, "You are my people."

Isaiah 65:17

For behold, I create the new heavens and the new earth. And the former things will not be in memory and will not enter into the heart.

Jeremiah 10:12

He made the earth by his power, he prepared the world in his wisdom, and he stretched out the heavens with his understanding.

Jeremiah 32:17

Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Behold, you have made heaven and earth, by your great strength and by your outstretched arm. No word is difficult for you.

Jeremiah 51:15

The One who made the earth by his strength, who prepared the world by his wisdom, and who stretched out the heavens by his prudence:

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. The Lord, stretching forth the heavens and founding the earth and forming the spirit of man within him, says:

Matthew 11:25

At that time, Jesus responded and said: "I acknowledge you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones.

Mark 13:19

For those days shall have such tribulations as have not been since the beginning of the creation that God founded, even until now, and shall not be.

Acts 14:15

In previous generations, he permitted all nations to walk in their own ways.

Acts 17:24

the God who made the world and all that is in it, the One who is the Lord of heaven and earth, who does not live in temples made with hands.

Acts 4:24

And when they had heard it, with one accord, they lifted up their voice to God, and they said: "Lord, you are the One who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them,

Romans 11:36

For from him, and through him, and in him are all things. To him is glory, for all eternity. Amen.

1 Corinthians 8:6

yet we know that there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things are, and in whom we are, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things are, and by whom we are.

Ephesians 3:9

and to enlighten everyone concerning the dispensation of the mystery, hidden before the ages in God who created all things,

Hebrews 1:10

And: "In the beginning, O Lord, you founded the earth. And the heavens are the work of your hands.

Hebrews 1:2

lastly, in these days, he has spoken to us through the Son, whom he appointed as the heir of all things, and through whom he made the world.

Hebrews 11:3

By faith, we understand the world to be fashioned by the Word of God, so that the visible might be made by the invisible.

Hebrews 3:4

For every house is built by someone, but God is the One who has created all things.

2 Peter 3:5

But they willfully ignore this: that the heavens existed first, and that the earth, from water and through water, was established by the Word of God.

1 John 1:1

He who was from the beginning, whom we have heard, whom we have seen with our eyes, upon whom we have gazed, and whom our hands have certainly touched: He is the Word of Life.

Revelation 10:6

And he swore by the One who lives forever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that are in it; and the earth, and the things that are in it; and the sea, and the things that are in it: that the time will not be any longer,

Revelation 14:7

saying with a loud voice: "Fear the Lord, and give honor to him, for the hour of his judgment has arrived. And worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the sources of water."

Revelation 21:6

And he said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To those who thirst, I will give freely from the fountain of the water of life.

Revelation 22:13

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."

Revelation 3:14

And to the Angel of the Church of Laodicea write: Thus says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, who is the Beginning of the creation of God:

Revelation 4:11

"You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you have created all things, and they became and were created because of your will."