Questions tagged [creation]
The creation of the world, described most prominently in Genesis 1-2; other creation traditions are scattered throughout the Hebrew Bible.
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What fruit was God referring to?
In Genesis 2:16, 17 when God commanded Adam not to eat the fruits from the tree of knowledge. what fruit was he referring to an apple or sexual sins
Gen 2:16, 17 - And the LORD God commanded him, “...
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Do the Stars in Genesis 1 support an allegorical view on the Creation account
Stars are commonly used in biblical views as an allegory to angels. The most common of these is in Revelation when it states a third of the stars will "fall down from heaven". We can also ...
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God did not intend ALL animals to be fruitful and multiply according to this passage ....or am I misreading?
Genesis 8:17 ESV
Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may swarm on the earth, and be ...
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What does John 1:4 mean?
In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
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In context, the verse appears to be talking about the pre-incarnate Christ (this is in the section that begins "in the ...
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Tanninim (Great Sea Creatures) not good in Genesis 1?
In John Walton's book The Lost World of Adam and Eve, Walton makes this statement:
Many have noticed that in Genesis 1, day 2 is not labeled as good. Fewer have noticed that the technicalities of the ...
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Let Us make man in Our Image [duplicate]
How is the creation of the physical first man an image of the spiritual God?
What is the “design” of the first man that represents “Our image?”
Gen 1:26, 27 - Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our ...
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Does the Hebrew verb in Genesis 1:1-3 for "God said" imply an instant act of creation (perhaps like the Greek aorist tense)?
So what can be deduced from the Hebrew verb as to the creation process? Instantaneous fiat event, or long drawn out process? Or an obscure meaning, indefinite as to time?
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Why didn't God speak to the waters to subside in Genesis 8:1?
After the flood when God wanted the waters to subside he sent the wind to that
KJV Genesis 8 : 1
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and ...
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Who did Jehovah command in Psalm 148:5?
Psalm 148:5 YLT
They do praise the name of Jehovah, For He commanded, and they were created.
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1 Peter 3:7 - So what exactly are husbands and wives understood to be vessels for to varying degrees?
In 1st Peter 3:7, Peter instructs husbands to be cognizant that their wives lack the strength that men do as vessels.
1 Peter 3:7
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Does "God said" (Gen. 1:1-3) imply a Fiat Creation since Jesus did miracles instantaneously by speaking too (Mtt 8:3)? [closed]
It seems at a cursory reading that God spoke things into existence immediately by simply expressing an imperative sentence, with immediate results.
Does the conduct of Jesus years later give any ...
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Were the first three days equal in length to the fourth in Genesis 1?
The first three days were marked by the separation of light from darkness
Genesis 1:3 NLT
Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.:4 And God saw that it was good. Then he ...
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Does the structure of Gen 1:27 tell us something about the order of mankind’s creation?
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”
Genesis 1:27 ESV
Is this set of 3 lines meant to imply the order in which he made ...
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Is "God is light" more than metaphor in 1 John 1:5?
1 John 1:5 states that God is light - but Genesis 1:3 describes God creating light. Obviously God cannot create himself; nor does his nature change.
I see a few options here, and I'm wondering which, ...
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Does the creation account describing the position of the sun, moon, and stars contradict modern science? [closed]
Then God said: "Let there be an expanse between the waters, and let there be a division between the waters and the waters." Then God went on to make the expanse and divided the waters ...
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Is Psalm 74:13 prophetic of the future or a reference to the past? Was that part of the process of taming the chaotic abyss?
Psalm 74:13You crumbled the sea with Your might; You shattered the heads of the sea monsters on the water. https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/16295/jewish/Cha
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Could there be some deeper/Spiritual meaning why darkness was created ahead of light in Genesis 1:2?
KJV Genesis 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.
Throughout the Bible darkness is ...
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What is the main reason that God created the woman?
The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will
make a helper suitable for him.”
Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and
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Genesis 1:1-3 Creator of the heavens and the earth? [closed]
When I was reading Genesis 1, I noticed something interesting:
Genesis 1:1-3 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said.....
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Is Genesis 1:1-2 part of the first day?
What evidence is there, either for or against, the idea that Gen 1:1-2 are not part of the first day but rather that the first day starts with Gen 1:3?
The following information isn't strictly ...
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In Light of Deuteronomy 4:15 & John 4:24 how to understand the image and likeness in Genesis 1:26? [duplicate]
We are initial told that when God created humankind he made him in his image and likeness.
Genesis 1:26 ESV
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have ...
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Nasb 2020 implying creation not in 7 days?
My nasb 2020 says God did ... on A 2nd day, A 3rd day, etc. rather than on THE 2nd day, THE 3rd day, etc. Is it implying the days were not consecutive? That day 4 may have been a few thousand years ...
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Isaiah 27:1 Why does the Leviathan need to be punished?
Relevant verse:
Isaiah 27:1
1 In that day the Lord with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon ...
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Why is the placing of man in Eden mentioned twice? Gen 2.8 and Gen 2.15
When looking at the creation of man in Genesis 2, I was struck that God describes putting him in Eden twice, separated by the description of rivers:
Genesis 2:8 (KJV 1900)
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According to the text, are the trees of life and of the knowledge of good and evil symbolic or actual trees?
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for ...
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Does Colossians 1:16 represent the creation of a sub-set of things within the universe?
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by ...
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Revelation 21:5 - “Behold, I am making all things new?”
In Revelation 21:5, when God says
"Behold, I am making all things new.”
It seems straightforward to me that God is making all things (in the main or on the whole if not all individual things) ...
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Is Paul making the "watchmaker argument" in Romans 1:18-25?
Romans 1:18-25 (ESV)
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known ...
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Why do some translations of Genesis 1:2 include the word “now”?
“NOW the earth was formless and empty…”, Gen 1:2, NIV.
“Now” seems to draw distinction from the act of creation in verse 1, whereas other translations start with “And”, which seems to indicate the ...
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Whom is God conversing with in Genesis 6:7?
After lamenting the degradation of humankind God passes judgement on humankind,animals and every creeping things. Its not clear who God was addressing concerning this issue
Genesis 6:7 KJV
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Why did God "divide the light from the darkness"? Gen 1:4 [duplicate]
Because prior to the introduction of light, "darkness was upon the face of the deep," one would assume that darkness was created before light.
I assume it was created because nothing ...
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In Genesis 1 was it the heavens or the earth which were created first?
Initially it is said that God created the heavens and the earth, which would suggest that the heavens were created first since they're are mentioned first.
Genesis 1:1 NASB
In the beginning God ...
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Does Mark 10:6 imply a short (literal) creation week?
In speaking about marriage and divorce, Jesus takes the Pharisees back to the beginning in Mark 10:6 (NKJV, emphasis mine):
"But from the beginning of the creation [αρχης κτισεως], God ‘made ...
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Parsing and interpreting כָּל־הָעֵ֛ץ אֲשֶׁר־בֹּ֥ו פְרִי־עֵ֖ץ זֹרֵ֣עַ זָ֑רַע (Genesis 1:29)
Genesis 1:29
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים הִנֵּה֩ נָתַ֨תִּי לָכֶ֜ם אֶת־כָּל־עֵ֣שֶׂב ׀ זֹרֵ֣עַ זֶ֗רַע אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאֶת־כָּל־הָעֵ֛ץ אֲשֶׁר־בֹּ֥ו פְרִי־עֵ֖ץ זֹרֵ֣עַ זָ֑רַע לָכֶ֥ם יִֽהְיֶ֖ה ...
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Do angels predate Creation?
“when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”
Job 38:7
This verse speaks of heavenly beings in the course of creation.
Is there any indication that heavenly ...
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Why did God give Adam the specific task of naming the animals in Genesis 2:19-20?
When God began creating things he took it upon himself to name the things he had created.
KJV Genesis 1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the ...
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Why was Adam created alone?
When God created the living creatures and animals it seems they were created in pairs for multiplication purposes
KJV Genesis 1:21-22
And God created great whales, and every living creature that ...
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Genesis 2:24 When does a man leave his father and mother?
Genesis 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Is this, the command here to leave father and mother, predicated on ...
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Does the "water" in 2 Peter 3:5 refer to a material cause?
2 Peter 3:5 - "...and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God" (ESV)
Does this verse's text give us any ideas on how to properly interpret this? I have been ...
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Does Bible cosmogony allow for the creation of other planets? [closed]
Gen 2:1 BSB
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
Was this where other planets were created?
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Was God's Kingdom (Biological Taxonomy) Violated?
If we use Scripture's taxonomy for the animal kingdom (4 kinds):
1 Corinthians 15:39 (KJV):
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of ...
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Why does God curse the land the second time in Genesis 4:11-12?
11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her ...
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Was Adam capable of procreation in Genesis 2:7,8?
“then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the ...
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What does Psalm 139:15 "..in the lowest part of the earth.." mean?
The Psalmist says that our frame were made in secret in the LOWEST PART OF THE EARTH. What dies this refer to? What is the real meaning?
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Is using Jn 1:3 and Col 1:16 to declare Jesus the creator going a bit beyond what these passages actually say?
The scriptures in question read in the Young's Literal Translation:
John 1:3
all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.
Colossians 1:16
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(Psalm 33:6) LXX Duality to Logos?
I've been chasing the concept of Logos around the text and was drawn into Psalm 33:6 where we have:
Psalm 33:6 (NRSV), By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath ...
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Were their eyes opened simultaneously in Genesis 3:7?
Genesis 3:6, 7 NIV
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to ...
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John 1:9 - has one Person been the 'light of the world' since the world's inception?
ην το φως το αληθινον ο φωτιζει παντα ανθρωπον ερχομενον εις τον κοσμον
[John 1:9 TR, undisputed.]
This answer explains that ἐρχόμενον is accusative masculine singular see Biblehub Interlinear and ...
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When God created Adam and Eve and the covenant of marriage between the two, did He already have the marriage between Christ and the Church in mind? [closed]
The union between man and woman, which we currently understand as the covenant of marriage, was part of God's original plan for His creation according to Genesis 2:
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Did God make a covenant with Abraham whilst he was in a deep sleep in Genesis 15:21?
It is said Abraham fell into a deep sleep then God began to speak to
him which subsequently led to the making of a covenant
Genesis 15"12 NASB - Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep ...
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