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Here 
are 
three 
facts. 
What 
was 
done? 
Who 
did 
it? 
When 
did 
it 
occur? There 
are 
two 
words 
that 
require 
explanation, 
"created" 
and 
"beginning." 
Does the 
former 
mean 
that 
heaven 
and 
earth 
were 
created 
out 
of 
nothing? 
The 
word ("bara," 
in 
Hebrew) 
does 
not 
necessarily 
mean 
that, 
but 
its 
peculiar 
use 
in this 
chapter 
suggests 
that 
it 
means 
that 
here. 
It 
occurs 
three 
times, 
here 
in v. 
1, 
at 
the 
introduction 
of 
life 
on 
the 
fifth 
day, 
and 
at 
the 
creation 
of 
man on 
the 
sixth 
day. 
Elsewhere, 
where 
only 
transformations 
are 
meant, 
another 
word 
("asah" 
in 
Hebrew) 
is 
used, 
translated 
"made." 
"Bara" 
(created) 
is 
thus     reserved 
for 
marking 
the 
introduction 
of 
each 
of 
the 
three 
great 
spheres 
of existence, 
the 
world 
of 
matter, 
of 
animal 
life 
and 
of 
spirit, 
all 
three 
of which, 
though 
intimately 
associated, 
are 
distinct 
in 
essence, 
and 
constitute all 
the 
universe 
known 
to 
us. 
Professor 
Guyot 
adds 
that 
whenever 
the 
simple form 
of 
"bara" 
is 
used 
in 
the 
Bible 
it 
always 
refers 
to 
work 
made 
by 
God 
and never 
by 
man. 
These 
considerations, 
with 
others, 
justify 
the 
statement 
that "created" 
here 
means 
created 
out 
of 
nothing. 
But 
when 
was 
the 
"beginning"? 
The margin 
indicates 
a 
period 
about 
4,000 
years 
before 
Christ, 
but 
these 
marginal notes 
are 
not 
part 
of 
the 
divine 
text, 
but 
the 
work 
of 
uninspired 
minds 
and therefore 
open 
to 
debate. 
Should 
science 
ultimately 
determine 
on 
millions 
of ╔═N╗║ Here 
is 
more 
from 
James 
Gray's 
Bible 
Commentary 
on 
Genesis 
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