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Parashah 1: B'resheet (In the beginning) 1:1-2 1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth................. 2. The earth was unformed and void, darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God hovered over the surface of the water. [93]

If this is read as a Great pause in the middle of 1 & 2 than there allows enough "Time" and explanation of there existing an Old Earth. Many storys exist behind the scenes that are never exhausted. What if there was a Creator & a beginning of Time and the birth of the heavens and the earth?

Tohu wa bohu (תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ) is a Biblical Hebrew term found in the Book of Genesis 1:2. Numerous interpretations of this phrase were made by various theological sources, though it is usually translated as "waste and void," "formless and empty," or "chaos and desolation." It describes the condition of the earth before God said, "Let there be light" (Gen. 1:3). Precise translation of the phrase is difficult, as only the first word, "tohu," appears to have any independent meaning.

There is evidence that the sentence “And the earth was without form and void” (tohu v’bohu) indicates destruction, not simply primitive creation. This phrase is rendered more strongly elsewhere (i.e., in other ancient versions). For example, the Chaldee Version has “But the earth had become desert and empty,” the Septuagint has “But the earth had become unfurnished and empty,” and the Aramaic has “And the earth had become ruined and uninhabited.”[citation needed]

"Tohu" is used 20 times in the Hebrew Bible and is used to mean "vain" or "waste."[1] "Bohu" appears only three times in the Hebrew Bible (Gen 1:2; Isa. 34:11; Jer. 4:23) -- always together with "tohu" and always quoting Genesis 1:2.[2] Rabbi Judah taught Akiva's theories of Tohu and Bohu, describing Tohu as a green line encompassing the world from which darkness emanates, and Bohu as the slimy mass of stones sunk in the primordial abyss from which all water springs forth.[3] Tohu and Bohu were also regarded as two of the 10 fundamental elements which God used to outline the basic structure of the known universe.

וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְהֹ֑ום וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃

Genesis 1:2, original Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)[4]

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

Genesis 1:2, English translation (New International Version)[5]

In modern French, "tohu-bohu" is used as an idiom for "confusion" or "commotion". Also in colloquial German, "Tohuwabohu" means "great confusion"; "tohuvabohu" has the same meaning in Estonian and Hungarian.

In this view point it can be then taken as an explanation & a link to the six days of creation in Genesis 1-2:1-3. So in Genesis 1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.................2. The earth was unformed and void, darkness was on the face of the deep, the ................. represents the time after creation origination & then a catastrophe that cause the earth to be lifeless. Thus needing the Creator to reseed & bring back to life & doing so in six days. It was a Recreation of that which had been devastated. This also gives explanation to the amount of time that the earth has existed & all of the evidence of age old life & times almost lost & forgotten which is being brought forth into the light by the Scientific community.

If the "Christian" community & Science would view each other as two polar opposites on a debate & the pendulum has swung out to two extremes then there is a Possibility & a Probability that Both hold truths. Therefore there Must be a meeting in the middle. This has occurred many times in Man's quest for knowledge. We did come from a place where it was thought that the earth was flat & finally brought to light that it is in fact round. Where would we be if the pioneers of the past had not stretched the limits of our imagination & beliefs to the point to where we have environmentally adapted to a new existence & higher understanding.