beginnings

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 (NLT)

In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 (NLT)

In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands. Psalm 102:25 (NLT)

For the LORD is God, and he created the heavens and earth
and put everything in place. He made the world to be lived in,
not to be a place of empty chaos. “I am the LORD,” he says,
“and there is no other. Isaiah 45:18 (NLT)

But the LORD made the earth by his power, and he preserves it
by his wisdom. With his own understanding he stretched out the heavens.
Jeremiah 10:12 (NLT)