Gap Theory

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

The Gap Theory is to accommodate evolution

2 And the earth was without form, and void

This is not necessarily in chronological order

"In the beginning" is an introduction

"the earth was without form, and void"

This does not include "the heaven".

Assume the earth was water and mud and rocks

stretching out for thousands of miles.

"without form"

and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

This is still "without form"

3 And God said, Let there be light:

Is the sun created here.

verse 14 "to rule by day"?

"to rule by night" moon?

and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good:

assume this started spinning like a top

and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day,

a spinning ball of water and mud would have day and night

and the darkness he called Night.

And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 And God said,

Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,

firmament is heaven (atmosphere and space)

It looks like there was water above the atmosphere

and water below the atmosphere

and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament,

and divided the waters which were under the firmament

from the waters which were above the firmament:

and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven.

And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 And God said,

Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place,

Like a spinning top

the water below the atmosphere gathered together unto one place

and let the dry land appear:

the centrifugal force of the spinning top

caused the land to appear centered around the equator

and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth;

and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas:

and God saw that it was good.

11 And God said,

Let the earth bring forth grass,

the herb yielding seed,

and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind,

whose seed is in itself,

upon the earth:

and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass,

and herb yielding seed after his kind,

and the tree yielding fruit,

whose seed was in itself,

after his kind:

"after his kind" did not change from one group to another

and God saw that it was good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 And God said,

Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven

to divide the day from the night;

Is this the same light as in verse 3?

and let them be for signs,

and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven

to give light upon the earth:

and it was so.

16 And God made two great lights;

Is this the same light as verse 14?

the greater light to rule the day,

Is this the sun?

and the lesser light to rule the night:

Is this the moon?

he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven

to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night,

and to divide the light from the darkness:

and God saw that it was good.

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20 And God said,

Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life,

and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21 And God created great whales,

and every living creature that moveth,

which the waters brought forth abundantly,

after their kind,

"after their kind" not evolving

and every winged fowl after his kind:

and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying,

Be fruitful, and multiply,

and fill the waters in the seas,

and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24 And God said,

Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind,

cattle, and creeping thing,

and beast of the earth after his kind:

and it was so.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind,

and cattle after their kind,

and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:

and God saw that it was good.

26 And God said,

Let us make man in our image,

after our likeness:

and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,

and over the fowl of the air,

and over the cattle, and over all the earth,

and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God created he him;

male and female created he them.

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28 And God blessed them,

and God said unto them,

Be fruitful, and multiply,

and replenish the earth,

Some want to use "replenish" as repopulate. Not true.

and subdue it:

and have dominion over the fish of the sea,

and over the fowl of the air,

and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29 And God said,

Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,

which is upon the face of all the earth,

and every tree,

in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed;

to you it shall be for meat.

"meat" is food, not animal flesh

They can eat flesh only after the great flood.

30 And to every beast of the earth,

All animals were vegetarian.

and to every fowl of the air,

and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

wherein there is life,

I have given every green herb for meat:

"green herb" for food

and it was so.

31 And God saw every thing that he had made,

and, behold, it was very good.

And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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