what was it like before the beginning, before the beginning in Genesis?

Answer 1

First, there were monkeys. But they got tired of being pushed around by predators and larger primates, so they moved out of the trees and spread north, where there was new food to be found.

As they spread, they changed. Their legs lengthened, their arms shrank, they grew larger bodies and larger brains.

With their new brains, they refined Nature and became Masters of Tools. With their new implements, they felled animals which prior were too large, too fast, too strong for them to catch. They developed a taste for meat, and they grew bigger, stronger, smarter.

They kept spreading north and changing, straightening out their backs and strengthening their legs. They ran and caught ever larger game. They found places in rock to stay, and they learned of fire and its life-giving gifts.

They kept spreading north and changing, shedding body hair and standing upright. They made more tools, of stone and bone and wood. They tamed wolf and tiger and made of them cats and dogs, animals placid towards their creators, their masters, their caretakers.

They kept spreading north and changing, crossing great mountains and deep rivers. They crushed vines and fruits and spread their colors inside caves and on rocks, and they cared for their dead, and they knew they would become so, thus becoming intelligent.

They kept spreading north and changing, bodies gaining color to deal with the hot sun. They learned to herd animals that ate plants they could not, to use all they could; meat, skin, bone. They learned to pull water from the great rivers by cutting a line in the soil, and to plant that which they needed rather than hunt for that which was good.

They kept spreading north and changing, mastering stone, building megaliths. They built grand temples and grand monuments, many of which have become lost, yet those that remain are marvels even we cannot fully comprehend.

They kept spreading east and changing, becoming tribes and smelting copper and tin to form a new metal, one which could be honed for peace or for war.

Then came the Hebrews, the sons of Abraham and Isaac, and their new faith following their one god Yhwh.

Then came Genesis.

Answer 2

In a Christian point of view (since Genesis is a Christian book written by God and is about God and the Creation), it doesn't tell much about it, so we can only assume there was an "empty space", as in not an emptiness like a empty box, but both spiritual and physical nothingness that can't be understood by the human mind.

The thing with the Bible and God is that God doesn't give any footnotes or anything like that. He wrote the Bible in a way that it was clear, concise, and told us everything we needed to know, and left out the parts we didn't need to know (not that it was forbidden, but it was not relevant). The Bible didn't tell us if Adam had more children than Cain, Abel, and Seth (is that his/her name?), but it's possible.

Answer 3

Before the begining of genesis there was just a blank peice of paper.

Answer 4

Genesis was allegedly written around 1,000 BCE (bc), so it would appear that several advanced civilizations were alive, well and thriving.

But, none of them seemed to be aware of any "Garden of Eden" or mighty Hebrew kings, warriors or civilizations.

Answer 5

It was a long time ago,of course, but as best I can remember, it was really boring.

Answer 6

Black & empty