Genesis 1

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SJW
I have decided to join  the fracas.  Here is my take on the first 6
verses (the first day) of the creation story.

Genesis (RSV)
1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

SJW
That's plain enough, except we must now determine what was meant by
heavens and what was meant by earth.  If the Bible had been written in
English, we would not be having this sticky problem.

Genesis
2
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of
the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. 

SJW
Now, this one really gets me.  The earth was without form and void yet
the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.  I am
picturing this blob floating around in the universe with God's face
floating in the blob--kind of like Superman II when the bad guys were
shot into space enclosed in a glass panel.

Genesis
3
And God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. 

SJW
Okay, this one is easy.  God flipped the light switch to "on".

Genesis
4
And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from
the darkness. 

SJW
If God saw that the light was bad would he have kept light and
darkness mixed together?  I guess God was happy that he could finally
see what in the heck was going on.

Genesis
5
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there
was evening and there was morning, one day. 

SJW
A rose by another name................  You notice that God has now
given the definition of one day...there was evening and there was
morning.

Genesis
6
And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,
and let it separate the waters from the waters." 

SJW
Now I am picturing this huge slab of earth (firmament) jutting out of
the waters, creating a wall between the bodies of water.  We still
don't have a sphere called earth, just a blob of water and a wall.
So Ian, how do you like my interpretation?  Are we done yet?

SJane Weisiger
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