In the Beginning

"[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.
[3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."

This is the beginning of The Beginning. The book of Genesis is an interpretation of how the earth started. My prediction was that the book was a guidebook, or an "answerbook". I thought the book would have the answers of how the earth was created in a religious sense. The book turned out to be more than what I expected. Instead of finding steps, I found a novel with a story. I didn't have much hopes, but I know understand why people say that you must read the book of Genesis for literature, not just for religious views.

The way the earth was created reminded me of Metamorphoses. "Before there was earth or sea or the sky that covers everything, Nature appeared the same throughout the whole world: what we call chaos: a raw confused mass, nothing but inert matter, badly combined discordant atoms of things, confused in the one place."(Metamorphoses Book 1) Both versions of creation agree that the earth was a mass with no form, but the most common feature is that both versions state that the earth was created by a god."This conflict was ended by a god and a greater order of nature, since he split off the earth from the sky, and the sea from the land, and divided the transparent heavens from the dense air."(Metamorphoses Book 1) The fact that both versions are very similar makes me wonder if they are actually the same story. The version in the King James Bible might be more detailed, but both versions have the same backbone.

Even though I liked what is written in the Book of Genesis, I dislike how it is written. I understand that it's and old text, but I felt I was rereading the same sentence every time. I reread the text, and I managed to understand what is actually said. Even though this is an obstacle, I was expecting it because of the age of the text, and I am confident I can cope with the book.