Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (KJV) – The heaven and the earth–the universe. This first verse is a general introduction to the inspired volume, declaring the great and important truth that all things had a beginning; that nothing throughout the wide extent of nature existed from eternity, originated by chance, or from the skill of any inferior agent; but that the whole universe was produced by the creative power of God (Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands” (KJV) Romans 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever Amen) (KJV).