⁶ And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”^(A)

⁹ And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.^(A)

¹⁷ He himself is before all things, and in^[a] him all things hold together.

³ By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.^[a](A)