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Line 12: − + − 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.+ − 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.+ − + − +
→Chapter 1: more precise and clearer translation: The earth came to exist in chaos and uncertainty. ("uncertainty" is clearer than "uncertain state")
|In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
|In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
|For starters, 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.<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.
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.
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>
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|And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
|And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
|The earth came to exist in a chaotic and uncertain state. Darkness obscured space. The Breath of God calmed the oceans.
|The earth came to exist in chaos and uncertainty. Darkness obscured space. The Breath of God calmed the oceans.
|This verse is perhaps the most important in order to understand physics. Earth was apparently in an uncertain state similar to that discovered by [[quantum mechanics]]. The pair of Hebrew words for "chaotic and uncertain state" (תֹּהוּ and בֹּהוּ) are used only two other times in the entire Bible, in Jer. 4:23 and Isaiah 34:11.
|This verse is perhaps the most important in order to understand physics. Earth was apparently in an uncertain state similar to that discovered by [[quantum mechanics]]. The pair of Hebrew words for "chaos and uncertainty" (תֹּהוּ and בֹּהוּ) are used only two other times in the entire Bible, in Jer. 4:23 and Isaiah 34:11.
One view: The earth is like a blank canvas, awaiting the stroke of the Master Artist. The original [[Hebrew]] repeats the concept of formlessness for emphasis. But though the earth ''began'' formless, it did not ''stay'' formless for long. [[Gravity]] gave it form almost at once.
One view: The earth is like a blank canvas, awaiting the stroke of the Master Artist. The original [[Hebrew]] repeats the concept of formlessness for emphasis. But though the earth ''began'' formless, it did not ''stay'' formless for long. [[Gravity]] gave it form almost at once.