I was listening to the Bible on CD while working the other day, as I often do. Even though I had heard or read Genesis 1 many times, something in Gen 1:28 caught my ear for the first time. It seemed so out of place to me that I thought maybe the narrators made a mistake when they recorded their audio rendition. So I checked my Bible and learned that they read it exactly as it is written in The KJV.
I never noticed that God told Adam and Eve to multiply and replenish the earth in Gen 1:28. Strange word choice I thought. How can something need to be replenished if it was just created? Was it because sin had entered into the garden immediately prior to this command? Or did something exist on this present earth that predates the Garden of Eden? You know, the old earth position that believes the earth and universe are much older than the 6000 year traditional viewpoint.
Or maybe the KJV translators just fumbled the ball on this particular verse? Not sure. Most English translations word Gen 1:28 differently. Even the NKJV. What are your thoughts on this verse?
The link below shows all English translations of Gen 1:28.
https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Genesis%201:28
Genesis 1:28King James Version (KJV)
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, 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.
I never noticed that God told Adam and Eve to multiply and replenish the earth in Gen 1:28. Strange word choice I thought. How can something need to be replenished if it was just created? Was it because sin had entered into the garden immediately prior to this command? Or did something exist on this present earth that predates the Garden of Eden? You know, the old earth position that believes the earth and universe are much older than the 6000 year traditional viewpoint.
Or maybe the KJV translators just fumbled the ball on this particular verse? Not sure. Most English translations word Gen 1:28 differently. Even the NKJV. What are your thoughts on this verse?
The link below shows all English translations of Gen 1:28.
https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Genesis%201:28
Genesis 1:28King James Version (KJV)
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, 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.
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