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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] |
Subject: When was "In the Beginning" |
Bible Note: Hank, I'll try, tho CDBJ's source may do better. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Gen 1:1) ... means the earth did not exist before the beginning (nor were the heavens). Verse 2 starts, "The earth was formless and void." So does that mean it *was* formless and void before its creation or did *was* it that way when it was created. Now that you brought it up, you may be right ... but, we need to know it could be either way. My NIV has a footnote, that it could be became. I believe there was no earth before Genesis 1:1. Steve |