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And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.

And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.

And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted my hand to the Lord , God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."

And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven

I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,

that I may make you swear by the Lord , the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,

The Lord , the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘To your offspring I will give this land,' he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine.

Then Isaac his father answered and said to him: "Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be, and away from the dew of heaven on high.

And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!

And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."

by the God of your father who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man and beast and every plant of the field, in the land of Egypt."