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"The earth was formless and void" Did the earth exist before God created the world?
Gen 1:2 reads:
"The earth WAS without form and void"; Form-structure void-nothing occupied the earth.
"Darkness WAS upon the deep"; Total darkness upon the waters.
"The ...
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Why does God remember the covenant with God? (self-reference)
Genesis 9:16 NKJV - The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will
look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God (אֱלֹהִ֔ים) and every
living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”
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How should the phrase "God remembered" be interpreted?
I've read this phrase before in Genesis 8:1 NKJV where it says:
8 Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and
all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to
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Why didn't God return to the dust to create woman?
I've wondered this for quite a while.
In Genesis 2:7 NKJV we read:
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man
became a living ...
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And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good,
The Beginning
Genesis 1:1-5
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the
earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the
deep, and the Spirit of God was ...
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What are the meaning or differences in this Rendition of El [closed]
In the Hebrew
ĕ·lō·hîm - God
ĕ·lō·hāy - gods
ĕ·lō·he·ḵā - gods
ĕ·lō·hê - gods
Elohe
Gen 31:32 BIB+ עִ֠ם ‘im with אֲשֶׁ֨ר ’ă·šer anyone here , תִּמְצָ֣א tim·ṣā If you find אֶת־ ’eṯ- - ...
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