Genesis 1:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 1:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 1:1 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 1:1 — KJV
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
— Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
Genesis 1:1 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 1:1
“For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?”
Shares key themes with Genesis 1:1: god, created, heaven
“Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:”
Shares key themes with Genesis 1:1: god, created, heaven
“For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 1:1: god, created, heaven
“These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,”
Shares key themes with Genesis 1:1: god, created, heaven
“O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?”
Shares key themes with Genesis 1:1: god, heaven, earth
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