Genesis 1:1 - English Standard Version 2016

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

Genesis 1:1 Cross References

2 Kings 19:15

And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said: “O Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

1 Chronicles 16:26

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

2 Chronicles 2:11

Then Hiram the king of Tyre answered in a letter that he sent to Solomon, “Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you king over them.”

Nehemiah 9:6

“You are the Lord, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.

Job 26:13

By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

Job 38:4

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

Job 9:8

who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the sea;

Psalm 102:25

Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

Psalm 104:24

O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

Psalm 104:30

When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

Psalm 115:15

May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth!

Psalm 121:2

My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 124:8

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 134:3

May the Lord bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth!

Psalm 136:5

to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever;

Psalm 146:6

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever;

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.

Psalm 33:9

For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.

Psalm 8:3

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

Psalm 8:4

what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?

Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

Psalm 96:5

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Exodus 31:18

And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

Proverbs 3:19

The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Isaiah 37:16

“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

Isaiah 40:21

Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Isaiah 40:26

Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is missing.

Isaiah 40:28

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:

Isaiah 44:24

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself,

Isaiah 45:18

For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!): “I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 51:13

and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and you fear continually all the day because of the wrath of the oppressor, when he sets himself to destroy? And where is the wrath of the oppressor?

Isaiah 51:16

And I have put my words in your mouth and covered you in the shadow of my hand, establishing the heavens and laying the foundations of the earth, and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”

Isaiah 65:17

“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.

Jeremiah 10:12

It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

Jeremiah 32:17

‘Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.

Jeremiah 51:15

“It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

Zechariah 12:1

The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him:

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;

Mark 13:19

For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will be.

Acts 14:15

“Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

Acts 17:24

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,

Acts 4:24

And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,

Romans 11:36

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 8:6

yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

Ephesians 3:9

and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things,

Hebrews 1:10

And, “You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands;

Hebrews 1:2

but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

Hebrews 3:4

(For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.)

2 Peter 3:5

For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water 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 looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—

Revelation 10:6

and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay,

Revelation 14:7

And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs 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 the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.

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 in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.

Revelation 4:11

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”