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The God claimed by the Bible to have created the world is represented by the plural word ''Elohim'' ('the spirits', or 'the gods') in the original Hebrew text of the book of Genesis.

The God claimed by the Bible to have created the world is represented by the plural word ''Elohim'' ('the spirits', or 'the gods') in the original Hebrew text of the book of Genesis.

The text at Genesis 1:1 to 2:1 (the chapter- and verse-divisions are purely arbitrary, and of medieval origin) relates how God created light and darkness, heaven and earth, the seas and plants, the sun, moon and stars, the fishes and birds, the animals and finally man over the course of six 'days' (Hebrew ''yom''). However, this six-day Creation account, in which man is created ''after'' the animals (I: 26-27), is contradicted by the version reported in the rest of chapter 2, in which Creation takes only one 'day' (once again, Hebrew ''yom''), and man is created ''before'' the animals (verses 18-19).

The text at Genesis 1:1 to 2:1 (the chapter- and verse-divisions are purely arbitrary, and of medieval origin) relates how this God created light and darkness, heaven and earth, the seas and plants, the sun, moon and stars, the fishes and birds, the animals and finally man over the course of six 'days' (Hebrew ''yom''), before resting on the seventh. However, this six-day Creation account, in which man is created ''after'' the animals (I: 26-27), is contradicted by the version reported in the rest of chapter 2, in which Creation takes only one 'day' (once again, Hebrew ''yom''), and man is created ''before'' the animals (II: 18-19).

 

 

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