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{{Bible quote|¹In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ²The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.|book=Genesis|chap=1|verses=1-2|version=NASB}}

{{Bible quote|¹In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ²The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.|book=Genesis|chap=1|verses=1-2|version=NASB}}

Gap theorists claim that the verse can be translate to say that the Earth ''became'' formless and empty.  However, the [[Hebrew]] letter ''waw'' used as a conjunction does not allow this translation in this context.<ref name="JS06">Sarfati, 2006</ref><ref>Ham, 2000</ref>

Gap theorists claim that the verse can be translate to say that the Earth ''became'' formless and empty.  However, the [[Hebrew]] letter ''waw'' used as a conjunction does not allow this translation in this context.<ref name="JS06">Sarfati, 2006</ref><ref>Ham, 2000</ref> In fact, some translations such as the New Living Translation actually have a footnote providing several alternative renderings, one of which is, "In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters." It is clear that the the original language doesn't allow any gap.

In trying to harmonise the Bible with uniformitarian geology, the Gap theory introduces a new global catastrophe (the so-called "Lucifer's Flood") which uniformitarian geology doesn't recognise and the Bible doesn't mention.<ref name="JS06" />

In trying to harmonize the Bible with uniformitarian geology, the Gap theory introduces a new global catastrophe (the so-called "Lucifer's Flood") which uniformitarian geology doesn't recognize and the Bible doesn't mention.<ref name="JS06" />

== Bibliography ==

== Bibliography ==