We all know Genesis 1 from the KJV bible:
1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2And 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.
However, from Young's Literal Translation we have:
1In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth --
2the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness [is] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,
This seems to imply that Verse 1 is a summary of the rest of the chapter and that Verse 2 is the kick off.
Does this mean that the Earth and the waters were already there before God came along? If so, who created them?
2007-05-04
10:39:32
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