Lexicon :: Strong's H1254 - bārā'

In the beginning God ([fn]Elohim) [fn]created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth.

This is the book (the written record, the history) of the generations of [the descendants of] Adam. When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness].

Then God said, “Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will do wondrous works (miracles) such as have not been created or produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live shall see the working of the LORD, for it is a fearful and awesome thing that I am going to do with you.

“Indeed, ask now about the days that are past, [those days] which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it?

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

And renew a right and steadfast spirit within me.

The north and the south, You have created them;

Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;

For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!

Let this be recorded for the generation to come,

That a people yet to be created will praise the LORD.

You send out Your Spirit, they are created;

You renew the face of the ground.

Let them praise the name of the LORD,

For He commanded and they were created.

Remember [thoughtfully] also your Creator in the days of your youth [for you are not your own, but His], before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], “I have no enjoyment and delight in them”;

Lift up your eyes on high

And see who has created these heavenly bodies,

The One who brings out their host by number,

He calls them all by name;

Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power,

Not one is missing.

Do you not know? Have you not heard?

The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth

Does not become tired or grow weary;

There is no searching of His understanding.

So that they may see and know,

And consider and understand together,

That the hand of the LORD has done this,

That the Holy One of Israel has created it.

This is what God the LORD says,

He who created the heavens and stretched them out,

Who spread out the earth and its produce,

Who gives breath to the people on it

And spirit to those who walk on it,

But now, this is what the LORD, your Creator says, O Jacob,

And He who formed you, O Israel,

“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you [from captivity];

I have called you by name; you are Mine!

Everyone who is called by My Name,

Whom I have created for My glory,

Whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”

“I am the LORD, your Holy One,

The Creator of Israel, your King.”

The One forming light and creating darkness,

Causing peace and creating disaster;

I am the LORD who does all these things.

“I made the earth and created man upon it.

My hands, stretched out the heavens,

And I commanded all their host.

For the LORD, who created the heavens [fn](He is God, who formed the earth and made it; He established it and did not create it to be a wasteland, but formed it to be inhabited) says this,

“I am the LORD, and there is no one else.

“They are created now [called into being by the prophetic word] and not long ago;

And before today you have not heard of them,

So that you will not say, ‘Oh yes! I knew them.’

“Listen carefully, I have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals

And who produces a weapon for its purpose;

And I have created the destroyer to inflict ruin.

As I create the [fn]praise of his lips,

Peace, peace, to him who is far away [both Jew and Gentile] and to him who is near!”

Says the LORD;

“And I will heal him [making his lips blossom anew with thankful praise].”

“Behold, I am creating new heavens and a new earth;

And the former things [of life] will not be remembered or come to mind.

“How long will you hesitate [to return],

O you faithless and renegade daughter?

For the LORD has created a [fn]new thing in the land [of Israel]:

A woman will encompass (tenderly love) a man.”

“You were in [fn]Eden, the garden of God;

Every precious stone was your covering:

The ruby, the topaz, and the diamond;

The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper;

The lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald;

And the gold, the workmanship of your [fn]settings and your sockets,

Was in you.

They were prepared

On the day that you were created.

“You were blameless in your ways

From the day you were created

Until unrighteousness and evil were found in you.

For behold, He who forms the mountains and creates the wind

And declares to man what are His thoughts,

He who makes the dawn into darkness

And treads on the heights of the earth—

The LORD God of hosts is His name.

Do we not all have one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers [with God]?