Oh it harmonizes perfectly. But I can see that you're another flat earther who only applies 21st century liberal interpretations on the Bible that are well refuted by real scholars and well refuted by ancient scholars. So all this ANE stuff is just a modern myth that does not exist in the real Bible.
Take this meme for example. This one challenges the ANE - flat earth meme. But this meme is actually accurate.
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You see, this so-called map of the Hebrews never existed.
Going back to harmonization, I have seen flat earth efforts to do this and they can't. The harmonization of this topic is supported by real facts. It's an understanding of Genesis 1 that focuses on those things that some people wanna know. Many people want to know if the Bible is scientific. Because there are plenty of solid facts today that would easily prove the Bible is false if the Bible disagreed with these facts. We're talking very well established facts like the spherical shape of the earth. While I know flat earthers reject knowledge, nevertheless, most people don't. They understand that the earth is a sphere that rotates in space and moves around the sun. The Bible taught these things long before modern science, so this commentary is not making the Bible fit science, but explaining it in such a way that people can understand the chapter from a more scientific perspective.
I'd personally rather spend my time posting comments about the Gospel. Though I have studied creationism and apologetics because I know the importance it has on our modern world and the youth. Actually, I really don't like spending much time on this issue because there are more important issues out there like matters of salvation. But then again, for some people, this topic is a matter of salvation because they are either deceiving people into flat earth or being deceived by flat earth. And since it is well established that the earth is a globe, and the Bible says the earth is a rotating globe, then for many this issue is a salvation matter because of how ANE/FEers spread false testimony against God on the internet.
Even the first early church father that we have on record, Clement of Rome, read about a globe earth with antipodes from the Bible. Now its impossible to get a flat earth when there are antipodes. I know what Clement was reading to arrive to that conclusion as well, and another member here also posted about that on another topic. So from the 1st century of Christ, we have a church father who read globe earth with antipodes from the Bible - right there in the 1st century! Now today there are not many people who studied this particular topic which is why we have a flat earth movement today. But anyone who has a facebook account knows all about the flat earth as that's all everybody heard for a few years there. Many of us looked into this flat earth claim because we acknowledged that it was a very forceful claim with destructive consequences if what flat earth says were to be true. The studies that many of us have taken up were all very rewarding. There are at least a few good scholars out there who know this topic well and they've taught others how to respond to this major twisting of Scripture. So this is why I am even posting about this topic. I know that it is a salvation issue because there is too much real knowledge out there for people to false witness in God's Name. ANE, flat earth, are teaching a form of Gnosticism that is heresy in the ancient church as well as the modern church.
It's good to have a more solid understanding on Genesis 1. This commentary will help you understand the chapter. But if you're anything like the other flat earther here you won't read a thing and will keep posting comments while ignoring everyone else. I see this as a form of spiritual anarchy from the left.
