In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Genesis 1:1

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Beginning of time Origin of the universe Creation of the world Creation The world

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Genesis The Bible

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

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1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Genesis 1:1).

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Thales. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 1, ch. 1.

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Another quote originally in Hebrew

Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

Genesis 19:24

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 19:24).