Questions tagged [genesis]
The first book of the Hebrew Bible, which covers events from Creation to the start of Israel's sojourn in Egypt. It tells the origins of heaven and earth, Adam, Noah, Noah's sons, Shem, Terah, Ishmael, Isaac, Esau, and Jacob.
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What are the similarities and differences between the Genesis creation account and other creation stories of the time [closed]
(Operating under the assumption that Genesis was authored by Moses, and its intent is a polemic against other origin stories and their view of the deity at the time).
The Enûma Eliš is said to have ...
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Why is Elohim translated as God rather than gods in Genesis 1:1?
I mean Elohim is a plural form of God. So the correct translation would be gods.
Now, perhaps the word elohim is followed by singular words and hence the word Elohim must mean plural.
So what? That ...
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Who were the "sons of God" (bene elohim) in Genesis 6:2?
Genesis 6:1-2 (ESV emphasis mine):
When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as ...
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What is the likely way in which ancient Hebrews would have understood "raqiya" in Gen 1:6?
In Genesis 1:6, the word "firmament" (Hebrew: raqiya) is referring to what we call the sky. It separates the waters below (oceans, lakes, rivers, etc) from the waters above (where the rain comes from)...
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What does "image" in Genesis 1:26-27 mean?
Genesis 1:26-27 (ESV)
26Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock ...
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How credible is the theory that Enki and Ninhursag influenced Genesis 2 and 3?
How credible is the theory that the Sumerian story of Enki and Ninhursag influenced or inspired Genesis 2 and 3?
the literature created by the Sumerians left its deep imprint on the Hebrews, and one ...
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Is Genesis 1 a type of Hebrew Poem?
Is Genesis 1 structured so that there is a general category and then with what will fill it, which would be a type of Hebrew poem of parallel ideas? In this case day one (light), would relate to day ...
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Does the Bible describe the "earth" as flat? [closed]
I have found so much gossip on the Net and no Biblical verses that clearly support the 'flat earth' notion.
I know Job spoke of the 'circle of the Earth' and other very interesting aspects of the ...
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A living soul cannot exist without a body (Gen 2:7; 1 Cor 15:44-45) but killing the body doesn't kill the soul (Matt 10:28). Is this a contradiction?
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Genesis 2:7 (KJV):
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 soul.
1 Corinthians 15:44-45 (KJV):...
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Was there precedent for John to link the satan and the serpent?
In Revelation 20:2, John links the satan and the serpent:
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
A couple preliminary questions: ...
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Interpretation of Genesis 1:26?
I am under the impression that the Trinity is a Christian idea, and that the Jews did not view God as "three in one and one in three". How, then, was the following passage interpreted by the people ...
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Why does Noah curse Canaan?
Genesis 9:23-25 NLT, reads,
Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would ...
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Why does the Bible put the evening before the morning at the end of each day that God worked in Genesis chapter one?
Each day that God worked in Creation in Genesis chapter one concludes with the words, "And the evening and the morning were the [1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th] day."
Day as we know it, begins ...
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Differences in Genesis creation stories
It is sometimes depicted that the basic argument to read "the creation story" (Genesis 1) as a non literal story are modern science and the evolution theory. But I believe that the biggest problem ...
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How to save Paul from the Galatians 3 "seed" vs "seeds" argument blunder?
Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
How does one rescue Paul from the obvious ...
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