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Line 11: − + − + − The opening creative verse covers all needed dimensions of our universe which are interdependent: in the beginning ('''time''') God created (Action) the heaven ('''space''') and the earth ('''matter'''). Western man delineated these concepts in the 19th century, but God revealed them to us from the beginning.+ − +
Genesis 1-8 (Translated) (view source)
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, 04:04, September 1, 2014→Chapter 1: There is no definite article in the Hebrew text, and thus "for starters" is a better translation than "in the beginning." Creation was not God's beginning, but the universe's.
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|In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
|In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
|In the beginning, God created the [[heaven]]s and the [[earth]].
|For starters, God created the [[heaven]]s and the [[earth]].
|The Hebrew word '''שמים''' (''shamayim'') means "skies" and is in the dual number.
|The Hebrew word '''שמים''' (''shamayim'') means "skies" and is in the dual number.<ref>The opening creative verse covers all needed dimensions of our universe which are interdependent: in the beginning ('''time''') God created (Action) the heaven ('''space''') and the earth ('''matter'''). Western man delineated these concepts in the 19th century, but God revealed them to us from the beginning.</ref>
There is no definite article in the Hebrew text, and thus "for starters" is a better translation than "in the beginning." Creation was not God's beginning, but the universe's.
Neither the Septuagent nor the Masoretic Text include the definite article with reference to the word meaning beginning. But that is of no moment; ancient definite article adjectives ''were not'' required in all instances, as they are in modern English and the Romance languages. Hebrew, like Greek, uses definite articles for emphasis. Indefiniteness, in both these languages, is a thing that the user must make explicit, with an indefinite pronoun.
Alternate view: Neither the Septuagent nor the Masoretic Text include the definite article with reference to the word meaning beginning. But that is of no moment; ancient definite article adjectives ''were not'' required in all instances, as they are in modern English and the Romance languages. Hebrew, like Greek, uses definite articles for emphasis. Indefiniteness, in both these languages, is a thing that the user must make explicit, with an indefinite pronoun.
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