| | <center><small>''The Creation account<br/>4004 B.C.''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]] (1581-1656), prelate of the Anglican Church who devised a Biblical chronology placing the Creation at this date.</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''3761 B.C.''</span><ref>According to the Jewish calender established by 12th-century philosopher [[Maimonides]][https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/jewish-calendar.html].</ref></small></center> | | <center><small>''The Creation account<br/>4004 B.C.''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]] (1581-1656), prelate of the Anglican Church who devised a Biblical chronology placing the Creation at this date.</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''3761 B.C.''</span><ref>According to the Jewish calender established by 12th-century philosopher [[Maimonides]][https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/jewish-calendar.html].</ref></small></center> |
| − | '''1''' In the beginning<ref>[[John, Chapter 1|Joh 1:1,3]], [[Hebrews, Chapter 1|Heb 1:10]]</ref> God created the heaven and the earth<ref>[[Job, Chapter 38|Job 38:4]], [[Isaiah, Chapter 44|Isa 44:24]], [[Romans, Chapter 1|Rom 1:20]], [[Colossians, Chapter 1|Col 1:16]], [[Hebrews, Chapter 11|Heb 11:3]], [[Revelation, Chapter 4|Rev 4:11]]</ref>. | + | '''1''' In the beginning<ref>[[John, Chapter 1|Joh 1:1,3]], [[Hebrews, Chapter 1|Heb 1:10]]</ref> God created<ref>The Hebrew verb is never used except when God is the Creator.</ref> the heaven and the earth<ref>[[Job, Chapter 38|Job 38:4]], [[Isaiah, Chapter 44|Isa 44:24]], [[Romans, Chapter 1|Rom 1:20]], [[Colossians, Chapter 1|Col 1:16]], [[Hebrews, Chapter 11|Heb 11:3]], [[Revelation, Chapter 4|Rev 4:11]]</ref>. |
| − | '''2''' And the earth was without form, and void<ref>[[Jeremiah, Chapter 4|Jer 4:23]]</ref><ref>"the earth was complete [[chaos]]" is how the New Revised Standard Updated Revision translates this key phrase.</ref>; and darkness ''was'' upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of [[God]] moved upon the face of the waters.<ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 40|Isa 40:12]]</ref><ref>"the earth was complete chaos" is how the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition translates this key phrase.</ref> | + | '''2''' And the earth was without form, and void<ref>[[Jeremiah, Chapter 4|Jer 4:23]]</ref><ref>"the earth was complete [[chaos]]" is how the New Revised Standard Updated Revision translates this key phrase.</ref>; and darkness ''was'' upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of [[God]] moved upon the face of the waters.<ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 40|Isa 40:12]]</ref><ref>"the earth was complete chaos" is how the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition translates this key phrase. Additional translations for the pre-creation earth are "empty" and "formless void/\."</ref> |