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Cross Reference Verses to Gen 1:1

Posted 17th January 2012 at 06:59 AM by jpcedotal
Updated 17th January 2012 at 07:07 AM by jpcedotal

Cross Reference Verses:

God is the Creator:

Psa 102:25 "Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. (NASB)

Isa 42:5 Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and its offspring, Who gives breath to the people on it And spirit to those who walk in it, (NASB)

Isa 45:18 For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established

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Word Study of Genesis 1:1

Posted 17th January 2012 at 06:56 AM by jpcedotal
Updated 17th January 2012 at 07:06 AM by jpcedotal

Word Study:

In the beginning(rê'shı̂ythpronouncedray-sheeth'):

This phrase is used two different ways in the Holy Bible. First, it is used as a first division of a larger period of time. We can easily determine, Biblically, this by the use of the word “of” after the phrase “in the beginning”. [i]

Jdg 7:19So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch:

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Historic Context of Gen 1:1

Posted 17th January 2012 at 06:47 AM by jpcedotal
Updated 17th January 2012 at 07:06 AM by jpcedotal

Historic Context of the Verse:
One of the easiest ways to misinterpret a verse or passage is to ignore the Biblical history behind the verse. In other words the “Who, To Whom, What, When, Where, and Why” of a verse or passage. Moses (who) wrote the Pentateuch (what), the first five books of the Bible in which Genesis 1:1 is the first verse of, for the people of Israel (to whom) after God, through Moses, lead them out of Egypt but before Moses’ death around 1450-1410 B.C (when)...

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Intro to Genesis 1:1

Posted 17th January 2012 at 06:43 AM by jpcedotal
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Gen 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (KJV)
בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארץ (Hebrew in Hebrew text)
Bereshith bara Elohim eth hashshamayim veeth haarets (Hebrew in English text)

Author’s Note:
First, let me emphatically state that this paper is just a short opinionated commentary, not an exhaustive study of Genesis 1:1 (though it did take longer than I first anticipated). I have consciously made an effort to...

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