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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: How old is the earth? |
Bible Note: Genesis 2:4 speaks of the period of creation of the heavens and earth as ONE day. "These428 are the generations8435 of the heavens8064 and of the earth776 when they were created,1254 in the day3117 that the LORD3068 God430 made6213 the earth776 and the heavens,8064" Logically, we consider what the Bible itself tells us first and then if science agrees then I consider the understanding of the scripture as definitely accurate. Science agrees with the Bible's use of "a day" being a period of thousands of years. Science says that the light of distant stars show them to be millions of years old. The Bible says in both Ps. 90:4 and 2 Pet. 3:8 that "a day" is to God a thousand years. Along with all that you showed BradK the Bible uses "day" for more that just a 24-hour period. I will ask you; what verse in Genesis chapter 1 tells us when God created light? |