First verse in the Bible.
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
II Tim 1:9 who has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
Heb 1:10He also says, "In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
II Peter 3:4They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."
The rest are Jesus speaking.
Matt 19:4 "Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,'
Matt 19:8Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.
Matthew 24:21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.
Mark 10:6"But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.'
Mark 13:9because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again.
Luke 11:50Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,
There are lots more verses throughout the Bible dealing with that.
All of those refer directly or indirectly to the creation of the earth.
I’m talking about the universe.
A single phrase about the “heavens and the earth” doesn’t cut it. Heavens can mean anything at cloud level or beyond.