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Originally Posted by geologist
Genesis 1:20 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.
In the above verse the Bible says that the Lord God brought forth both the sea creatures and birds (fowl) from the waters.
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Great point geologist. . .except for one small detail: the word "
and". It could be they're ("
fowl that may fly above the earth") from "
the waters", and then again, not necessarily so.
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This is reaffirmed in the following verse:
Genesis 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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Note again, the word "
and"; maybe so, maybe not.
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But this verse presents an apparent contradiction:
Genesis 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
This verse says that the Lord God brought forth the fowl from the ground, not the waters.
Why is this not a contradiction?
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Because here is what Genesis 2:19 (your "
This verse says") actually states, "And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.[/I][/B]"
No, actually what is states is that, "
THE LORD GOD. . .brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.".
The part about them being, 1) "
every beast of the field" that were "
formed" from "
out of the ground" by "
THE LORD GOD", and 2) "
THE LORD GOD" also included "
every fowl of the air", that HE "
brought" to "
Adam", in no way tells us that, "
the Lord God brought forth the fowl from the ground, not the waters"!
Any "
contradiction" in Scripture is Interpretive. . .PERIOD. If something in any part of Scripture, seems to be a "
contradiction", then according to just THE AWESOMENESS of GOD, WHO gave/give us ALL SCRIPTURE, the "
contradiction" has to be with us, rather than HIM. GOD DOES NOT Contradict HIMSELF, let alone HIS WORD!!!
Between Genesis 1:21 and Genesis 2:19, we've move a great deal from talking about "
earth", and "
land", in Genesis 1-2:6, to being introduced to a couple new words, "
field", and "
ground", both in Genesis 2:5. And there's is a huge difference in those words.