Biblical Histories of the Old Testament

By the Word of God, heaven, earth, mankind, all living things, and everything contained within this world’s design are created and blessed. Genesis 1. original Latin: "Dei Verbo creantur & benedicuntur coelum, terra, homo, omnia animantia, & quicquid hac Mundi machina contine-tur." The phrase "Mundi machina" (machine of the world) was a common Renaissance metaphor describing the universe as a complex, divinely constructed masterpiece.

A woodcut illustration depicting the creation. Inside a central circular frame representing the world, Adam and Eve are shown in the Garden of Eden near the Tree of Knowledge, around which a serpent is coiled. The landscape features rolling hills, birds in flight, a stag, and a resting cow. Emerging from the right side of the frame is the figure of God the Father, a bearded man in flowing robes surrounded by divine radiance, gesturing with his hands toward the terrestrial sphere as if speaking it into existence.

Heaven and earth, along with everything that this whole world encompasses, are created and blessed through the Divine Word. Genesis 1. original German: "Himel vnd Erden sampt allen so dise ganze Welt beschleußt / sind durch das Göttlich wort erschaffen vnd gesegnet."

Dei Verbo (By the Word of God)
Creatio (Creation)
Mundi machina (The fabric or "machine" of the world)
Genesis (The first book of the Bible, meaning "origin")
Himel vnd Erden (Heaven and Earth)
Göttlich wort (Divine Word)