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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: I am taking a class in the Old Testament. One of the questions we have to answer is What possible gap is there between Gensis 1:1 and 1:2. I do not know. Thanks for your help If possible, please send response to my email also. Sandie58@yahoo.com |
Bible Answer: There are some who, due to the apparent age of the earth, see a gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. They hold to a literal 6 day "recreation", but see another existence as being possible. For a more detailed explanation, I'm using "Gap Theory" by A.F. Johnson from _The_Evangelical_Dictionary_of_Theology, (ed. Walter A. Elwell, c. 2001, Baker; Grand Rapids). "All the needed geologic ages in earth's pre-Adamic history may be found either between 1:1 and 1:2 or during 1:2." Some who have held this view are: Episcopius (d. 1643), J.G. Rosenmuller (d. 1815). In recent centuries men like Thomas Chalmers, William Buckland, John Pye Smith, J.H. Kurtz, G.H. Pember, Harry Rimmer, and H.C. Thiessen held this view. It is also in the First edition of the _Scofield Reference Bible_ (1909). The Bibliography on the entry is as follows: O.T. Allis, _God_Spake_by_Moses; Bernard Ramm, _Christian_View_of_Science_and_Scripture; D.A. Young, _Christianity_and_the_Age_of_the_Earth. I hope this information helps. In Him, Benjamite |