Genesis 1:1 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 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—

Catholic Public Domain 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 sitteth upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kings of the earth. Thou madest heaven and earth.

1 Chronicles 16:26

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

2 Chronicles 2:11

And Hiram king of Tyre sent a letter to Solomon, saying: Because the Lord hath loved his people, therefore he hath made thee king over them.

Nehemiah 9:6

Thou thyself, O Lord alone, thou hast made heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all the host thereof: the earth and all things that are in it: the seas and all that are therein. And thou givest life to all these things, and the host of heaven adoreth thee.

Job 26:13

His spirit hath adorned the heavens: and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.

Job 38:4

Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth? Tell me if thou hast understanding.

Job 9:8

Who alone spreadeth out the heavens: and walketh upon the waves of the sea.

Psalm 104:24

And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them over their enemies,

Psalm 104:30

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

Psalm 115:15

precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

Psalm 121:2

Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

Psalm 134:3

Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: sing ye to his name, for it is sweet.

Psalm 136:5

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.

Psalm 146:6

The Lord lifteth up the meek, and bringeth the wicked down even to the ground.

Psalm 33:6

Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded.

Psalm 33:9

O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him.

Psalm 8:3

Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies: that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.

Psalm 8:4

For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.

Psalm 90:2

He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.

Psalm 96:5

The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: at the presence 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 things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.

Exodus 31:18

And the Lord, when he had ended these words in mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone tables of testimony, written with the finger of God.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord hath made all things for himself: the wicked also for the evil day.

Proverbs 3:19

The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not:

Isaiah 37:16

O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who sittest upon the cherubims: thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

Isaiah 40:21

Do you not know? Hath it not been heard? Hath it not been told 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 hath created these things, who bringeth out their host by number and calleth them all by their names. By the greatness of his might and strength and power, not one of them was missing.

Isaiah 40:28

Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth. He shall not faint nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens and stretched them out: that established the earth and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.

Isaiah 44:24

Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and thy maker from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that establish the earth. And there is none with me.

Isaiah 45:18

For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth and made it, the very maker thereof, he did not create it in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is no other.

Isaiah 51:13

And thou hast forgotten the Lord thy maker, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth: and thee hast been afraid continually all the day at the presence of his fury who afflicted thee, and had prepared himself to destroy thee. Where is now the fury of the oppressor?

Isaiah 51:16

I have put my words in thy mouth and have protected thee in the shadow of my hand, that thou mightest plant the heavens and found the earth and mightest say to Sion: Thou art my people.

Isaiah 65:17

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former things shall not be in remembrance, and they shall not come upon the heart.

Jeremiah 10:12

He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge:

Jeremiah 32:17

Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, behold, thou hast made heaven and earth by thy great power and thy stretched-out arm: no word shall be hard to thee.

Jeremiah 51:15

He that made the earth by his power, that hath prepared the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding:

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. Thus saith the Lord, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundations of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man in him:

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the little ones.

Mark 13:19

For in those days shall be such tribulations, as were not from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, neither shall be.

Acts 14:15

Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

Acts 17:24

God, who made the world, and all things therein; he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

Acts 4:24

Who having heard it, with one accord lifted up their voice to God, and said: Lord, thou art he that didst make heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.

Romans 11:36

For of him, and by him, and in him, are all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 8:6

Yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Ephesians 3:9

And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God, who created all things:

Hebrews 1:10

And: Thou in the beginning, O Lord, didst found the earth: and the works of thy hands are the heavens.

Hebrews 1:2

In these days hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world.

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God; that from invisible things visible things might be made.

Hebrews 3:4

For every house is built by some man: but he that created all things, is God.

2 Peter 3:5

For this they are wilfully ignorant of, that the heavens were before, and the earth out of water, and through water, consisting by the word of God.

1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the word of life:

Revelation 10:6

And he swore by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things which are therein; and the earth, and the things which are in it; and the sea, and the things which are therein: That time shall be no longer.

Revelation 14:7

Saying with a loud voice: Fear the Lord, and give him honour, because the hour of his judgment is come; and adore ye him, that made heaven and earth, the sea, and the fountains of waters.

Revelation 21:6

And he said to me: It is done. I am Alpha and Omega; the beginning and the end. To him that thirsteth, I will give of the fountain of the water of life, freely.

Revelation 22:13

I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

Revelation 3:14

And to the angel of the church of Laodicea, write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the beginning of the creation of God:

Revelation 4:11

Thou art worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory, and honour, and power: because thou hast created all things; and for thy will they were, and have been created.