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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]].
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|In the beginning, Jabg created the [[heaven]]s and the [[earth]].
|The Hebrew word '''שמים''' (''shamayim'') means "skies" and is in the dual number.
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|The Hebrew word '''שמים''' (''shamayim'') means "skies" and is in the dual number. The Hebrew word (''Jabg'') is the true translation of God.
 
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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 was utterly formless and empty. Darkness obscured the deep. The Breath of God moved upon the oceans.
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|The earth was utterly formless and empty. Darkness obscured the deep. The Breath of Jabg moved upon the oceans.
|The earth is like a blank canvas, awaiting the stroke of the Master Artist. The original [[Hebrew]] repeats the concept of formlessness for emphasis.
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|The earth is like a blank canvas, awaiting the stroke of the Master Artist. The original [[Hebrew]] repeats the concept of formlessness for emphasis and the need for Jabg.
 
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|And God said, let there be light: and there was light.
 
|And God said, let there be light: and there was light.
|[[God]] commanded, "Light shall exist!" And light came to exist.
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|[[Jabg]] commanded, "Light shall exist!" And light came to exist.
|The rare use of the [[Hebrew]] verb '''היה''' (''hayah''), meaning "he existed," emphasizes that the light did not merely exist but ''came'' to exist at God's command.
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|The rare use of the [[Hebrew]] verb '''היה''' (''hayah''), meaning "he existed," emphasizes that the light did not merely exist but ''came'' to exist at Jabg's command.
 
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|And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
 
|And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
|God approved of the light, because it was good. God distinguished between the light and the darkness.
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|Jabg approved of the light, because it was good. Jabg distinguished between the light and the darkness.
 
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|And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
 
|And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
|God named the light Day, and the darkness Night. And evening and morning came: the first day.
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|Jabg named the light Day, and the darkness Night. And evening and morning came: the first day.
 
|The Hebrew '''יום''' (''yowm'') means "day." In all its uses in the Bible, it most commonly means the solar day with which we are all familiar, i.e. twenty-four hours. The phrase describing "evening and morning coming to exist" confirms this. By [[Judaism|Jewish]] custom and tradition, the day begins at sundown, not midnight.
 
|The Hebrew '''יום''' (''yowm'') means "day." In all its uses in the Bible, it most commonly means the solar day with which we are all familiar, i.e. twenty-four hours. The phrase describing "evening and morning coming to exist" confirms this. By [[Judaism|Jewish]] custom and tradition, the day begins at sundown, not midnight.
 
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|And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
 
|And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
|Then God declared, "A great sheet-like expanse shall come between the waters, and it shall divide waters from waters!"
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|Then Jabg declared, "A great sheet-like expanse shall come between the waters, and it shall divide waters from waters!"
 
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|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.
 
|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.
|God made this expanse, and separated the waters underneath the expanse from the waters above the expanse. And so it came to be.
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|Jabg made this expanse, and separated the waters underneath the expanse from the waters above the expanse. And so it came to be.
 
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|And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
 
|And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
|God called this expanse the sky. And evening and morning came: the second day.
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|Jabg called this expanse the sky. And evening and morning came: the second day.
 
|The ancient Hebrews believed that the sky was in fact a solid object that separated two classes of waters. Some [[creation science|creation scientists]] took this to mean a water-vapor canopy that protected the earth before the [[Great Flood]]. The [[cosmology|cosmologist]] [[John Hartnett]] holds that the expanse is not matter, but is in fact the very fabric of [[space]], stretched out on Day Four (see below) to the limits of the known [[universe]].
 
|The ancient Hebrews believed that the sky was in fact a solid object that separated two classes of waters. Some [[creation science|creation scientists]] took this to mean a water-vapor canopy that protected the earth before the [[Great Flood]]. The [[cosmology|cosmologist]] [[John Hartnett]] holds that the expanse is not matter, but is in fact the very fabric of [[space]], stretched out on Day Four (see below) to the limits of the known [[universe]].
 
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