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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: Did God created people before Adam |
Bible Note: Berean. I am not sure if the format I am trying to type this in with translate to the forum format. But here is something to consider. Try looking at Genesis 1 this way. Prologue 1:1 God is Day 1 1:3-5 Day 4 1:14-19 Light and darkness Fixed lights for day and night Day 2 1:6-8 Day 5 1:20-23 Firmament,waters Birds above, fish below above and below Day 3 1:9-13 Day 6 1:24-31 Dry land Animals and man on land Day 7 2:1-3 Epilogue God rests The summary of creation before the more detailed account of man's creation has a logical structure. On days 1, 2 an 3 regions are created. Regions of light and dark, the firmament with waters above and below with the air between, dry land. On days 4,5 and 6 the inhabitants of the regions are created, starting with the fixed objects sun, moon and stars, birds and fish, land animals and man. The vegetation is created with the earth because it does not have the same freedom of movement as the other living creatures. There is clearly a hierarchical order of creation indicated. But Genesis 1 is a sumary. Gensis 2 gets into the specifics of God's most important and highest creation, man. Emmaus |