In other words, when the story begins, the earth and the deep are already on the scene, so that the rest of Genesis 1 merely tells how God gave form and structure to this material. ... The scriptures do go on to state how God "after" He created the earth, brought the sphere to life by adding, light, dry land, seas, the trees of the field, grass and fruit trees, animals and finally man. ... Surely this corrects the statement above where certain students are quoted, "when the story begins, the earth and the deep are already on the scene, so that the rest of Genesis 1 merely tells how God gave f...

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