Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The Hebrew word translated over 650 times as earth is also translated as ground, dust, mud, territory, country, land and a few other words that are similar. Because there was no word in the original Hebrew language for the universe we live in, the word earth is used to describe the physical attributes for the things we are able to perceive with our senses. Simply because a word in any language may not be available to describe something doesn’t necessarily mean it doesn’t or didn’t exist.