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Line 79: − − ==English Translation of Genesis== − '''1:1''' In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. − − '''1:2''' 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. − − '''1:3''' And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. '''1:4''' And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. '''1:5''' And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. − − '''1:6''' And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. '''1:7''' And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. '''1:8''' And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. − − '''1:9''' And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. '''1:10''' And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. − − '''1:11''' And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. '''1:12''' And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. '''1:13''' And the evening and the morning were the third day. − − '''1:14''' And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: '''1:15''' And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. '''1:16''' And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. '''1:17''' And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, '''1:18''' And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. '''1:19''' And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. − − '''1:20''' And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. '''1:21''' And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. '''1:22''' And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. '''1:23''' And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. − − '''1:24''' And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. '''1:25''' And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. − − '''1:26''' And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. − − :'''1:27''' So God created man in his own image, − :in the image of God created he him; − :male and female created he them. − − '''1:28''' And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. − − '''1:29''' And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing − seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it − shall be for meat. '''1:30''' And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air,and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. − − '''1:31''' And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. − − ==Archaeological importance== −
Rainbow link in, Gen 1 out (This is not a site for listing the entire bible), clarified A&E curses, and the 'wickedness of man.'
One of these claimed contradictions is that chapter 2 appears to describe the creation of animals after the creation of Adam (verses 15-19 [http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/c.pl?book=Gen&chapter=2&verse=19&version=KJV#19]), contrary to the clearly-stated order in chapter 1. Creationists usually respond by asserting that chapter 2 is not a chronological list like chapter 1, and at least one modern Bible version exceptionally translates verse 19 as "The LORD God ''had formed''...the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air"[http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/versions.pl?book=Gen&chapter=2&verse=19&version=KJV#19] (emphasis added), despite the fact that the tense and mood of the original Hebrew verb is [[imperfect (verb form)|imperfect]], not [[pluperfect]].[http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/c.pl?book=Gen&chapter=2&verse=19&version=KJV#19]
One of these claimed contradictions is that chapter 2 appears to describe the creation of animals after the creation of Adam (verses 15-19 [http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/c.pl?book=Gen&chapter=2&verse=19&version=KJV#19]), contrary to the clearly-stated order in chapter 1. Creationists usually respond by asserting that chapter 2 is not a chronological list like chapter 1, and at least one modern Bible version exceptionally translates verse 19 as "The LORD God ''had formed''...the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air"[http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/versions.pl?book=Gen&chapter=2&verse=19&version=KJV#19] (emphasis added), despite the fact that the tense and mood of the original Hebrew verb is [[imperfect (verb form)|imperfect]], not [[pluperfect]].[http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/c.pl?book=Gen&chapter=2&verse=19&version=KJV#19]
The fall of mankind into sin began when the serpent questioned one of God's commands, namely not to eat of the [[tree of knowledge of good and evil]], and convinced [[Eve]] to eat the fruit, followed by [[Adam]]. The result of disobeying this command resulted in the driving away of Adam and Eve from the [[Garden of Eden|garden]], to live a life of subsistence farming and painful childbearing, and eventually dying. Genesis 3:15 is also cited as being the first reference to the coming [[Messiah]].
The fall of mankind into sin began when the serpent questioned one of God's commands, namely not to eat of the [[tree of knowledge of good and evil]], and convinced [[Eve]] to eat the fruit, followed by [[Adam]]. The result of disobeying this command resulted in the driving away of Adam and Eve from the [[Garden of Eden|garden]] to live a life of subsistence farming, and eventually dying. Eve was additionally cursed with painful childbearing, and to be subservient to Adam. All of these curses were applied to Adam and Eve's decendents also. Genesis 3:15 is also cited as being the first reference to the coming [[Messiah]].
The creation of man was by a plural form of God, ''Elohim'' (Genesis 1:26: "And God said, Let '''us''' make man in '''our''' image, after '''our''' likeness"). Some Christians cite this and other plural references to God in the Old Testament as ancient proof in Hebrew of the existence of the [[Holy Trinity]].<ref>http://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-plural-nouns-pronouns-verbs-adverbs.htm</ref>
The creation of man was by a plural form of God, ''Elohim'' (Genesis 1:26: "And God said, Let '''us''' make man in '''our''' image, after '''our''' likeness"). Some Christians cite this and other plural references to God in the Old Testament as ancient proof in Hebrew of the existence of the [[Holy Trinity]].<ref>http://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-plural-nouns-pronouns-verbs-adverbs.htm</ref>
===The Flood===
===The Flood===
The wickedness of mankind is so great the God repents of His creation and decides to destroy it all through a flood. Only Noah is righteous before God, and He instruct Noah to build an [[Noah's Ark|ark]] to carry himself, his family, and pairs of every creature on earth and in the air. God then destroys the earth with water, the ark riding the waves until the waters abate and it comes to rest at the mountains of Ararat. God makes a promise never to destroy the earth by flood again, and shows Noah the sign of that covenant, a rainbow.
The wickedness of mankind is so great the God repents of His creation and decides to destroy it all through a flood. Only Noah is righteous before God, and He instruct Noah to build an [[Noah's Ark|ark]] to carry himself, his family, and pairs of every creature on earth and in the air. God then destroys the earth with water, the ark riding the waves until the waters abate and it comes to rest at the mountains of Ararat. God makes a promise never to destroy the earth by flood again, and shows Noah the sign of that covenant, a [[rainbow]].
The precise nature of the crimes for which God destroyed all life other than that on the ark is not specified.<ref>Genesis 6:5 - ''And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.''</ref>
Noah is also the first planter of a vineyard, and during a drunken sleep one of his sons (Ham) sees him naked. Noah awakes with the knowledge as to what he had done, and places a curse upon his son Canaan, declaring that Canaan and his descendants would be slaves to the his brothers Shem and Japheth. All three sons would have their names and their descendants listed on the Table of Nations, which ends Noah's story.
Noah is also the first planter of a vineyard, and during a drunken sleep one of his sons (Ham) sees him naked. Noah awakes with the knowledge as to what he had done, and places a curse upon his son Canaan, declaring that Canaan and his descendants would be slaves to the his brothers Shem and Japheth. All three sons would have their names and their descendants listed on the Table of Nations, which ends Noah's story.
* Genesis 2:5 through 4:26 were written by J.
* Genesis 2:5 through 4:26 were written by J.
This theory has gained in popularity since it was first proposed in the late 19th century. However, it is inevitably a product of modern rationalistic research and the application of literary criteria. Opponents of this research point to the fact that it is difficult to reconcile with the historical, miraculous, and prophetic elements which they claim to be basic to the first five books of the Bible (Unger, 397; Young, pp. 183-276).
This theory has gained in popularity since it was first proposed in the late 19th century. However, it is inevitably a product of modern rationalistic research and the application of literary criteria. Opponents of this research point to the fact that it is difficult to reconcile with the historical, miraculous, and prophetic elements which they claim to be basic to the first five books of the Bible (Unger, 397; Young, pp. 183-276).
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