In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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The Creation

In the beginning God ([a]Elohim) [b]created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:1 This is originally a plural form based on el (root meaning: strength), which itself is used to refer to God in compounds like El Shaddai (Almighty God). The word el is also used to refer to false gods, so the context determines whether Elohim means “God” or is better understood as “gods” (elohim).
  2. Genesis 1:1 Heb bara. Here and in 1:21, God created from nothing which is something only He can do. In 1:27, God used preexisting materials (man from the dust of the ground; Eve from Adam’s rib); each use of the word bara (“create”) must be considered in its specific context.

25 Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

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25 Thus says the Lord, ‘If My covenant with day and night does not stand, and if I have not established the fixed patterns of heaven and earth, [the whole order of nature,] 26 then I would [also] reject the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, not taking from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will restore their fortunes, and will have mercy on them.’”(A)

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25 Así dice el Señor: “(A)Si no hubiera permanecido Mi pacto con el día y con la noche(B), y si Yo no hubiera establecido las leyes[a] del cielo y de la tierra, 26 entonces[b] hubiera desechado la descendencia[c](C) de Jacob y de Mi siervo David, para no tomar de[d] su descendencia[e](D) quien gobernara sobre la descendencia[f](E) de Abraham, de Isaac y de Jacob. Pero Yo restauraré su bienestar[g] y tendré misericordia de ellos(F)”».

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremías 33:25 Lit. los estatutos.
  2. Jeremías 33:26 Lit. también.
  3. Jeremías 33:26 Lit. simiente.
  4. Jeremías 33:26 Lit. de tomar a.
  5. Jeremías 33:26 Lit. simiente.
  6. Jeremías 33:26 Lit. simiente.
  7. Jeremías 33:26 O haré volver a sus cautivos.