So the LORD said, "I will annihilate these human beings whom I've created from the earth, including people, animals, crawling things, and flying creatures, because I'm grieving that I made them."

In the beginning, the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.

By faith we understand that time was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are invisible.

But they deliberately ignore the fact that long ago the heavens existed and the earth was formed by God's word out of water and with water,

The host

Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his armies!

With this the heavens and the earth were completed, including all of their vast array.

Do not gaze toward the heavens and observe the sun, the moon, the stars the entire array of the sky with the intent to worship and serve what the LORD your God gave every nation.

They'll be spread out to the sun, the moon, and all the stars of the heavens, which they loved and served, and which they followed, consulted, and worshipped. Their bones won't be collected, nor will they be buried. They'll be like dung on the surface of the ground.

They exchanged God's truth for a lie and worshipped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

Breath

When you send your spirit, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the earth.

So the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being.

He clears the skies with his wind; his hands have pierced the fleeing serpent.

"The spirit of God fashioned me; and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

When he had said this, he breathed on them and told them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

General references

"The spirit of God fashioned me; and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Through him all things were made, and apart from him nothing was made that has been made.

It was my hand that made all these things, wasn't it?'"