Creation & Patriarchs
Creation
Creation has no date in the Modern reckoning; the Traditional reckoning puts it in 4004 BC. It is told in Genesis 1:1. God, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit are part of it.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- undated
- Traditional reckoning
- 4004 BC
- How it's dated
- the genealogies
Genesis gives ages, not dates; many conservative scholars think the genealogies skip generations, so the modern reckoning gives no date.
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Sources: Theographic event 1; W. H. Green, 'Primeval Chronology' (1890).
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
- God
- Jesus Christ
- Holy Spirit
Promises kept
- The tree of life comes back: Genesis written → Revelation written, ~1,500–1,540 years (Modern).
- The two will become one flesh: Genesis written → Ephesians written, ~1,470–1,510 years (Modern).
Which verses connect to Genesis 1:1?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- John 1:1–3383 votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. …
- Hebrews 11:3277 votes
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
- Isaiah 45:18253 votes
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
- Revelation 4:11207 votes
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”
- Hebrews 1:10193 votes
And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- Colossians 1:16–17175 votes
For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.