and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, with their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the middle of all Israel;
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, GodThe Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:2
The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:11
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth”; and it was so.
Genesis 1:12
The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.