It is He who gives life and causes death; *_{Deuteronomy 32:39}*, *_{1Samuel 2:6}, *_{4Maccabees 18:19} and when He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is. *_{Genesis 1:3}*, *_{Genesis 1:9}*, *_{Genesis 1:11}*, *_{Genesis 1:14}* - 15, *_{Genesis 1:24}*, *_{BookOfJubilees 12:3}, *_{Psalms 33:6}*, *_{Psalms 33:9}*, *Wisdom of _{Solomon 9:1}, *_{Judith 16:14}*, *_{2Ezra 16:55} - 56 40:69 Do you not consider those who dispute concerning the verses of God - how they are averted?