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

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You set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it shall never be shaken.(A)

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10 And,

“In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands;(A)

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Who has ascended to heaven and come down?
    Who has gathered the wind in the hollow of the hand?
Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?
    Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is the person’s name?
    And what is the name of the person’s child?
    Surely you know!(A)

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but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son,[a] whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds.(A)

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  1. 1.2 Or the Son

25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.(A)

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Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath

When God began to create[a] the heavens and the earth,(A)

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  1. 1.1 Or In the beginning God created

29 when he assigned to the sea its limit,
    so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,(A)
30     then I was beside him, like a master worker,[a]
and I was daily his[b] delight,
    playing before him always,(B)

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  1. 8.30 Or little child
  2. 8.30 Gk: Heb lacks his

Wisdom’s Part in Creation

22 “The Lord created me at the beginning[a] of his work,[b]
    the first of his acts of long ago.(A)

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  1. 8.22 Or me as the beginning
  2. 8.22 Heb way