Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning

God created the heaven and

the earth...

2 And the earth was without

form, and void; and darkness

was upon the face of the deep.

And the Spirit of God moved

upon the face of the waters.

 Hebrew Bible

Genesis 1:1"When God began

to create heaven and

earth --

2 the earth being unformed

and void, with darkness over

the surface of the deep and a

wind from God sweeping over

the water --

 3 And God said, Let there be

light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that

it was good: and God divided

the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light

Day, and the darkness he

called Night. And the evening

and the morning were the

first day.

 3 God said, "Let there be

light"; and there was light.

4 God saw the light was

good, and God separated the

light from the darkness.

5 God called the light Day,

and the darkness He called

Night. And there was evening

and morning, a first day.

 6 And God said, Let there be

a firmament in the midst of

the waters, and let it divide

the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firma-

ment, and divided the waters

which were under the firma-

ment from the waters which

were above the firmament:

and it was so.

8 And God called the firma-

ment Heaven. And the even-

ing and the morning were the

second day.

 6 God said, "Let there be an

expanse in the midst of the

water, that it may separate

water from water."

7 God made the expanse, and

it separated the water which

was below the expanse from

the water which was above

the expanse. And it was so.

8 God called the expanse

Sky. And there was evening

and there was morning, a

second day.

9.And God said, Let the

waters under the heaven be

gathered together unto one

place, and let the dry land

appear: 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 it-

self, 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:

and God saw that it was

good.

13 And the evening and the

morning were the third day.

[Israel],

 9 God said, "Let the water

below the sky be gathered

into one area, that the dry

land may appear." And it was

so.

10 God called the dry land

Earth, and the gathering of

waters He called Seas. And

God saw that this was good.

11 And God said, "Let the

earth sprout vegetation:

seed-bearing plants of every

kind, and trees of every kind

bearing fruit with the seed in

it. And God saw that this was

good.

12 The earth brought forth

vegetation: seed bearing

plants of every kind, and trees

of every kind bearing fruit

with the seed in it. And God

saw that this was good.

13 And there was evening

and there was morning, a

third day.

 14 And God said, Let there

be lights in the firmament of

the heaven to divide the day

from the night; 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; the greater light to

rule the day, and the lesser

light to rule the night: 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.

 14 God said, "Let there be

lights in the expanse of the

sky to separate day from

night; they shall serve as signs

for the set times -- the days

and the years;

15 and they shall serve as

lights in the expanse of the

sky to shine upon the earth."

And it was so.

16 God made the two great

lights, the greater light to

dominate the day and the

lesser light to dominate the

night, and the stars.

17 And God set them in the

expanse of the sky to shine

upon the earth,

18 to dominate the day and

the night, and to separate

light from darkness. And God

saw that this was good.

19 And there was evening

and there was morning, a

fourth day.

 20 And God said, Let the

waters bring forth abundantly

the moving creature that hath

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,

and every winged fowl after

his kind: and God saw that it

was good.

22 And God blessed them,

saying, Be fruitful, and multi-

ply, 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.

 20 God said, "Let the waters

bring forth swarms of living

creatures, and birds that fly

above the earth across the

expanse of the sky."

21 God created the great sea

monsters, and all the living

creatures of every kind that

creep, which the waters

brought forth in swarms, and

all the winged birds of every

kind. And God saw that it was

good.

22 God blessed them, saying,

"Be fertile and increase, fill

the waters in the seas, and let

the birds increase on the

earth."

23 And there was evening

and there was morning, a

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.

28 And God blessed them,

and God said unto them, Be

fruitful, and multiply, and

replentish the earth, and

subdue it: and have dominion

over the fish of the sea, and

over the fowl of the air, and

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 the earth, and

every tree, in the which is the

fruit of a tree yielding seed;

to you it shall be for meat.

30 And to every beast of the

earth, 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: 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."

 

24 God said, "Let the earth

bring forth every kind of

living creature: cattle, creep-

ing things, and wild beasts of

every kind." And it was so.

25 God made wild beasts of

every kind and cattle of every

kind, and all kinds of creeping

things of the earth. And God

saw that this was good.

26 And God said, "Let us

make man in our image, after

our likeness. They shall rule

the fish of the sea, the birds

of the sky, the cattle, the

whole, and all the creeping

things that creep on the earth

earth."

27 And God created man in

His image, in the image of

God He created him; male

and female He created them.

28 God blessed them and

God said to them, "Be fertile

and increase, fill the earth and

master it; and rule the fish of

the sea, the birds of the sky,

and all the living things that

creep on earth."

29 God said, "See, I give you

every seed-bearing plant that

is upon all the earth, and

every tree that has seed-bear-

ing fruit; they shall be yours

for food.

30 And to all the animals on

land, to all the birds of the

sky, and to everything that

creeps on the earth, in which

there is the breath of life, [I

give] all the green plants for

food." And it was so.

31 And God saw all that He

had made, and found it very

good. And there was evening

and there was morning, the

sixth day.

 Gen. 2:1 "Thus the heavens

and the earth were finished,

and all the host of them.

2 "And on the SEVENTH

DAY God ended his work

which he had made; and he

rested on the SEVENTH DAY

from all his work which he

had made.

3 And God blessed the

SEVENTH DAY, and sancti-

fied it: because that in it he

had rested from all his work

which God created and made.

4 These are the generations

of the heavens and of the

earth when they were created,

in the day that the Lord God

made the earth and the

heavens."

Gen. 2:1 "The heaven and the

earth were finished, and all

their array.

2 On the SEVENTH DAY

God finished the work that

He had been doing, and He

ceased on the SEVENTH

DAY  from all the work that

He had done.

3 And God blessed the

SEVENTH DAY and declared

it holy, because on it God

ceased from the work of

creation that He had done.

4 Such is the story of heaven

and earth when they were

created."

Allowing for the fact that the Jewish translation is much more recent than the King James' Version, still there are some differences that should be noted. A "wind from God" is not the same as the "Holy Spirit", transformed into part of an all-male "Trinity" after the 4th century CE. A fourth day is not exactly the same as THE fourth day, etc. A fourth day could be ANY fourth day, with the numbering beginning at any time....the wording of the Jewish version allows for more symbolic latitude....EG: any dark" period, or "evening" no matter how long, followed by any "light" period, or "morning", no matter how long, could make up a "day" which was the sum of both periods in length, not a mere 24 hours. It seems likely such language now exists in the current TANAKH in English precisely because Jewish translators are aware of other Biblical texts in which a "day" can mean a year, or a thousand years. .....

 The story of Creation, including the creation of the Sabbath, here in Genesis 1 and 2:1-3 is not the only story of creation in the Bible....

We need not look far to find another one....It begins in the KJV with Gen. 2:4 and in the TANAKH with Gen. 2:5....And there is a Third story that varies from the other two complete in Jewish oral tradition with occasional clues and partial pieces throughout the Old Testament.....A story in which a feminine WISDOM takes a part as the Advisor to the Almighty......In the New Testament WISDOM becomes Jesus, and does His own creating, with very little assistence, it seems, from anyone else!

From the Vatican;A picture of God the Father creating Adam and the world, close to HERESY in the Orthodox Christian version!

 In view of the fact that so many BIBLICAL and TRADITIONAL versions of CREATION are freely available for anyone to read, and in view of the prevalence of skepticism of the Church of the Middle Ages' continued supression of DISSENTERS to their Archaic decisions, which this church is still inclined to FORCE, by any means possible, on the rest of us, I feel it is time to

 Other Titles about Shabat [Sabbath].