To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Ex nihilo? Was Raqiyah
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 02:29:43 +0200
>>But in light of this discussion I wonder what in Gen 1 gives one *any*
>>cause to view this as a description of creation ex-nihilo? Clearly it is
>>"out of water," no?
>
>Not really. This discussion is about day 2. Day one implies that God
>created the primodial mass (or mess) of heaven, earth and water, although
>this is an interpretation. But then, what isn't?
The water existed in v2 which is before the first act
of divine fiat on day one (v3).