Spoke (God spoke) Was (and it was so) hmm, phrases: brought forth

The word is בָּרָא It literally means, create.

"Create out of Nothing", (bara ex-nihilo) at some point in Eternity Past. OBTW, Only God can do this, no matter how hard we try along with Satan. John

the word is bara and it means to shape or form something. There is nowhere in Protestant scripture that indicates that bara means to 'create out of nothing'. Adam is said to have been created but then we are told in Gen 2:7 that he was made from the dust of the earth. I think the idea of God bringing something into being that was not there previously might be the essence of this word - He decrees and it is done. In that sense bara is to do with conception, the materialisation follows in due course.

��‘ָּרָ֣א 1) "bÉ™rÄ“’šîṯ bārā’ ’Ä•lōhîm ’ēṯ haššÄmayim wÉ™’ēṯ hā’āreá¹£:" "‏בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ" Source and further information: http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/tan/gen001.htm Rabbinic reading: http://www.nbierma.com/bible/basicheb/verses/gen1-1.mp3 Source and further information: http://basichebrew.blogspot.com/ 2) "In the beginning re'shiyth (ray-sheeth') the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit) -- beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing. God 'elohiym (el-o-heem') angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. created bara' (baw-raw') (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes) -- choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat). 'eth (ayth) self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) -- (as such unrepresented in English). the heaven shamayim (shaw-mah'-yim) air, astrologer, heaven(-s). and 'eth (ayth) self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) -- (as such unrepresented in English). the earth 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world." Source and further information: http://scripturetext.com/genesis/1-1.htm 3) ""In the beginning..." The first word of Genesis 1 in Hebrew, "in the beginning" (Heb. berÄ“šît בְּרֵאשִׁית), provides the traditional Jewish title for the book. The ambiguity of the Hebrew grammar in this verse gives rise to two alternative translations, the first implying that God's first act of creation was the heavens and the earth, the second that the heavens and the Earth already existed in a "formless and void" state, to which God brings form and order: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void...God said, Let there be light!" (King James Version). "At the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth, when the earth was (or the earth being) unformed and void . . . God said, Let there be light!" (Rashi, and with variations Ibn Ezra and Bereshith Rabba)." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_according_to_Genesis 4) Further information: http://aboulet.com/2007/04/12/questions-in-genesis-genesis-11/ http://aboulet.com/2007/04/19/questions-in-genesis-genesis-11b/