I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

When God began this process of creating the heaven and the earth, And the earth was unformed and void, And his wind was on the surface of the deep and so on, He said, "Let there be light and there was light."

当上帝开始开创天地的过程，大地一片混沌，虚空无形，他的呼吸掠过这混沌的表面，他说，“要有光，于是便有了光“

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You sort of expect something like, "In the beginning, God created heaven and earth," Like this was the first thing to happen in time.

你会猜想这样的事情，比如，“开始的时候，上帝创造了天和地“,就好像这是最初发生的事情。

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Gillian wrote a report of how he spent the thousand dollars: "Paid by Robert Gillian, one thousand dollars on account of the eternal happiness, owed by Heaven to the best and dearest woman on earth."

VOA: special.2011.08.13

And the epic opens before the formation of heaven and earth.

史诗开始叙述的是天地还未成形之前。

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