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Does one’s belief in evolution depend on the Bible translation one uses?
From the KJV, Genesis 1:
21And 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.
The phrase “after their kind” has caused much consternation: it seems to imply that each kind can only reproduce its own kind, that evolution is impossible.
But take a look at the Jewish Publication Society Tanakh translation:
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 this was good.
Also, notice that God “creates,” but the waters “bring forth,” implying that the ultimate creator is God, who creates via evolutionary secondary causes (like the organic molecules in the oceans).
From the KJV, Genesis 1:
21And 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.
The phrase “after their kind” has caused much consternation: it seems to imply that each kind can only reproduce its own kind, that evolution is impossible.
But take a look at the Jewish Publication Society Tanakh translation:
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 this was good.
Also, notice that God “creates,” but the waters “bring forth,” implying that the ultimate creator is God, who creates via evolutionary secondary causes (like the organic molecules in the oceans).
