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5. And God said: 'Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.' And it was so.
The creation narrative predicts that early earth had water on its surface.
Science: It was once thought that earth was too hot for any water to be on early earth.
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6. And God said: 'Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.' And it was so.
The creation narrative predicts that early earth would have grass, herb seed, fruit trees.
Science: There is no scientific evidence in support of this narrative. There is also no evidence of the earliest time period on earth as that has been mostly destroyed.
7. And God said: 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years
and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so. And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
The creation narrative predicts that there would be stars, sun and moon in the heavens after earth was created.
Science: Dating of the sun, moon and earth are very close. The earth's age has been somewhat elusive. Based on information we have presently, we can surmise that it is at least 4.5 billion years old. However, the oldest materials of earth have never been found...until recently. It will be very interesting to find out what these new discoveries will tell us about the age of earth.
8. And God said: 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.' And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.'nd God said: 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.' And it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
The creation narrative predicts that life began in the water and that there should be swarms of life found there. After life in the waters then God moved His attention on land. There we see birds are multiplying on earth. Then we move on to the later mammals.
Science: We know that life did indeed start in the water and that according to the Cambrian explosion it swarmed with many living creatures.
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We know that birds were present prior to the mammals listed in the narrative.
9. And 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.'
The creation narrative predicts that man would be late on the scene of creation.
Science agrees.
