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Genesis 1: A seed within itself, the chicken or the egg
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1. Genesis 1: A seed within itself, the chicken or the egg
Verse routeGenesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. [kjv]
Verse routeκαι ειπεν ο θεος βλαστησατω η γη βοτανην χορτου σπειρον σπερμα κατα γενος και καθ ομοιοτητα και ξυλον καρπιμον ποιουν καρπον ου το σπερμα αυτου εν αυτω κατα γενος επι της γης και εγενετο ουτως [lxx]

Chicken and Egg Tree with twigs - fruit
In general, the question, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg" refers to a situation where there are two objects that each depend on the other and the problem is to determine which came first.
Somehow, the information for the egg needs to be within the chicken. This is a self-referential system.

In Genesis 1:11-12 we have an example of this with fruit, "whose seed is in itself". Modern self-replicating programs provide an example of this idea.
We will initially ignore some details but give the general idea first.

2. Situation#1
Situation #1: The chicken came first. Question #1: Where did the original chicken originate?

3. Situation#2
Situation #2: The egg came first. Question #2 is the following. Where did the original egg originate?

4. Situation#3
Situation #3. The chicken and the egg originated at the same time.

Of course, this situation is a little more complex.

But which one is it? Or is there another possibility?

Here, we are just setting up the problem.

5. The problem
The chicken and egg problem is the problem of what came first, the chicken that laid the egg, or the egg that developed into a chicken.

This is an example of a self-referential problem since each part of the problem refers to the other part of the problem. Chicken and EggA Biblical version is as follows. Did Adam have a belly button?

6. Hypotheses
Chicken and EggPossible hypotheses:

7. Seed within itself
Somehow, the information for the egg needs to be within the chicken. This is a self-referential system.

Verse routeGenesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. [kjv]
Verse routeκαι ειπεν ο θεος βλαστησατω η γη βοτανην χορτου σπειρον σπερμα κατα γενος και καθ ομοιοτητα και ξυλον καρπιμον ποιουν καρπον ου το σπερμα αυτου εν αυτω κατα γενος επι της γης και εγενετο ουτως [lxx]
Verse route1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. [kjv]
Verse routeκαι εξηνεγκεν η γη βοτανην χορτου σπειρον σπερμα κατα γενος και καθ ομοιοτητα και ξυλον καρπιμον ποιουν καρπον ου το σπερμα αυτου εν αυτω κατα γενος επι της γης και ειδεν ο θεος οτι καλον [lxx]


8. Genesis 1:11
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KJV: And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Hebrew: ויאמר אלהים תדשא הארץ דשא עשב מזריע זרע עץ פרי עשה פרי למינו אשר זרעו בו על הארץ ויהי כן׃
Greek: και ειπεν ο θεος βλαστησατω η γη βοτανην χορτου σπειρον σπερμα κατα γενος και καθ ομοιοτητα και ξυλον καρπιμον ποιουν καρπον ου το σπερμα αυτου εν αυτω κατα γενος επι της γης και εγενετο ουτως

9. Genesis 1:12
   Genesis 1:12 
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KJV: And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Hebrew: ותוצא הארץ דשא עשב מזריע זרע למינהו ועץ עשה פרי אשר זרעו בו למינהו וירא אלהים כי טוב׃
Greek: και εξηνεγκεν η γη βοτανην χορτου σπειρον σπερμα κατα γενος και καθ ομοιοτητα και ξυλον καρπιμον ποιουν καρπον ου το σπερμα αυτου εν αυτω κατα γενος επι της γης και ειδεν ο θεος οτι καλον

10. Third day
Verse routeGenesis 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. [kjv]
Verse routeκαι εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα τριτη [lxx]

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11. Genesis 1:13
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KJV: And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Hebrew: ויהי ערב ויהי בקר יום שלישי׃
Greek: και εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα τριτη
Latin: factumque est vespere et mane dies tertius
Wycliffe: And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the thridde dai.
Tyndale: and the of the evenynge and mornynge was made the thyrde daye.
Luther: Da ward aus Abend und Morgen der dritte Tag.
Slavonic: И бысть вечер, и бысть утро, день третий.
Russian: И был вечер, и было утро: день третий.
Spanish: Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día tercero.

12. Automatic
The ancient Greek word "αὐτόματος""self-willed, self-moving" and is the source of the English word "automatic" and comes from two Greek words. The GNT (Greek New Testament) uses the word for "automatic" to refer to fruit growing automatically on trees and for automatic doors.

13. Automatic fruit
Verse routeMark 4:28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. [kjv]
Verse routeαυτοματη η γη καρποφορει πρωτον χορτον ειτεν σταχυν πληρη σιτον εν τω σταχυι [gnt]

The earth bringeth forth fruit of herself - automatically. The ancient Greek word "αὐτόματος""self-willed, self-moving" and is the source of the English word "automatic" and comes from two Greek words. The GNT uses the word for "automatic" to refer to fruit growing automatically on trees and for automatic doors.

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14. Mark 4:28

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KJV: For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
Greek: αυτοματη γαρ η γη καρποφορει πρωτον χορτον ειτα ειτεν σταχυν ειτα ειτεν πληρη σιτον εν τω σταχυι

15. Question
Chicken and Egg Tree with twigs - fruit
How exactly can a seed be within itself?

We can learn more about this by studying programs that write programs in general and, in particular, programs that output an exact copy of themselves.

(to be continued)

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