Blog 2023-07-03
In a conversation, a young man was showing me how clever he was by 'correcting' Gen 1:1. He said that it should not say "In the beginning" since there is no 'the' ה indicating a particular object. That it should say "In beginning".
The purpose in making this clever analysis was so that later he could say there were two beginnings, or two creations.
This is backwards exegesis known as eisegesis. Let's see if we can make more observations of 'bereshit' before jumping to the conclusion.
ב- in
ראש - sumnary
י - creation
ת -finished with a new life, (suf. makes an object)
Formation suggests that the beginning of creation is an object. Is it a particular object or a generic object?
It might be suggested that a ה is not required to interpret this as a particular beginning since at it's root it is the sum of creation, and at the end it is the completion of beginnings with a new life.
If you are betting on there having been two creations, you may send me your losings now. If I am wrong I will refund it in the resurrection. 😜
Patty Stout Dailey
Doing a little reading on a young earth creation group and they mention that Jesus himself spoke of the beginning and Adam and Eve in Mark 10 and again he references the beginning of sin with Abel in Mark 13. So it seems Jesus agrees with a begining and single creation.
