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

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By the word(A) of the Lord the heavens were made,(B)
    their starry host(C) by the breath of his mouth.

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By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 11.3 Or was not made out of visible things

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,(A) so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

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The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.(A) He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being(B)

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The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C) He was with God in the beginning.(D) Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.(E)

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They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water,(A)

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But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(A) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(B)

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The spirit of God has made me,
    and the breath of the Almighty[a] gives me life.(A)

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  1. 33.4 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

The Spirit(A) of God has made me;(B)
    the breath of the Almighty(C) gives me life.(D)

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for he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded, and it stood firm.(A)

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

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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all their multitude.(A)

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Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.(A)

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then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground[a] and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.(A)

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  1. 2.7 In Heb the word for ground resembles the word for man

Then the Lord God formed(A) a man[a](B) from the dust(C) of the ground(D) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(E) of life,(F) and the man became a living being.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).

22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

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22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.(A)

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And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”(A)

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And God said,(A) “Let there be a vault(B) between the waters(C) to separate water from water.”

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13 By his wind the heavens were made fair;
    his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.(A)

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13 By his breath the skies(A) became fair;
    his hand pierced the gliding serpent.(B)

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So the Lord said, “I will blot out from the earth the humans I have created—people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air—for I am sorry that I have made them.”

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So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth(A) the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.(B)

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25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.(A)

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25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,(A) and worshiped and served created things(B) rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.(C) Amen.(D)

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