of course the urge is to translate it was - because to translate it otherwise is to upset the applecart and challenge what has been assumed for a very long time. But if you translate it became - you end a great deal of misunderstanding and conflict with science and with other passages of scripture.
God is never in conflict with Himself - his creation - his word - nor is there conflict within scripture. Rather than twisting and torturing what is written take it for what it is - Genesis is a linear history.
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