In the beginning ¹  God ²  created ³  the heavens and the earth. ⁴ 

God created humankind ¹  in his own image, in the image of God he created them, ²  male and female he created them. ³ 

He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.” ¹ 

Look, I create the craftsman, who fans the coals into a fire and forges a weapon. ¹  I create the destroyer so he might devastate.

But be happy and rejoice forevermore over what I am about to create! For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem ¹  to be a source of joy, ²  and her people to be a source of happiness. ³ 

“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!” ¹ 

I am ¹  the one who forms light and creates darkness; ²  the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. ³  I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things.

Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man.

This is the record ¹  of the family line ²  of Adam. When God created humankind, ³  he made them ⁴  in the likeness of God.

This is the account ¹  of the heavens and the earth ²  when they were created – when the Lord God ³  made the earth and heavens. ⁴ 

Create for me a pure heart, O God! ¹  Renew a resolute spirit within me! ² 

You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon ¹  rejoice in your name.

You were blameless in your behavior ¹  from the day you were created, until sin was discovered in you.

and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image ¹  – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth. ² 

for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, ¹  whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.

For this is what the Lord says, the one who created the sky – he is the true God, ¹  the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, ²  he formed it to be inhabited – “I am the Lord, I have no peer.

When you send your life-giving breath, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the ground.

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he gave the command and they came into existence.

Take note of my brief lifespan! ¹  Why do you make all people so mortal? ² 

The account of his intervention ¹  will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the Lord.