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NASB | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. [Heb 11:3] |
Bible Question: what does in the beginning mean? |
Bible Answer: Joyfull, the phrase "in the beginning" of Genesis 1:1 does not, and cannot, apply to God Himself, because He is eternal. There is no beginning and no ending with God. Therefore, the fourth word of the Bible offers the answer: created. "In the beginning" refers to the time at which God created the heavens and the earth, what we today call the universe. Many believers, I among them, hold that He created it "ex nihilo," -- from or out of nothing -- that He did, in fact, literally by the awesome power of His word, speak it into existence. "Then God said, 'Let there be light'; and there was light." (Genesis 1:3). --Hank |
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