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The God of the Bible's creation account in the book of Genesis is represented in the original Hebrew by the plural word ''Elohim'' ('gods', or 'spirits'). This does not, however, have anything to do with the Christian idea of the Three-in-One God, i.e. the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, since the concept was unknown at the time.

The God of the Bible's creation account in the book of Genesis is represented in the original Hebrew by the plural word ''Elohim'' ('gods', or 'spirits'). This does not, however, have anything to do with the Christian idea of the Three-in-One God, i.e. the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, since the concept was unknown at the time.

    

    

Genesis 1:1 to 2:1 (the chapter- and verse-divisions are of purely medieval origin) describes 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 ''then'' man over the course of six 'days' (Hebrew ''yom''), before resting on the seventh. This account is contradicted in chapter 2, however, where the creation takes only one 'day' (still Hebrew ''yom'') and man is created ''after'' the animals.

Genesis 1:1 to 2:1 (the chapter- and verse-divisions are of purely medieval origin) describes 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 ''then'' man over the course of six 'days' (Hebrew ''yom''), before resting on the seventh. This account is contradicted in chapter 2, however, where the creation takes only one 'day' (still Hebrew ''yom'') and man is created ''before'' the animals.