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Genesis 1: Wedding your appetite on an observant Tuesday from a blah Monday
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1. Saying
The phrase "whetting your appetite" has to do with a sharpened focus on eating.

The phrase "whetting your whistle" has to do with sharpened focus on drinking.

Here, the play on words is "wedding" and "whetting".

Here we are doing a sharpened focus on weddings and the Monday and Tuesday of the creation week. In the process, interesting connections are made and two linguistic issues with the creation week (not science related) are identified and discussed.

2. Whet

3. Proverbs 27:17
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KJV: Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Hebrew: ברזל בברזל יחד ואיש יחד פני רעהו׃
Greek: σιδηρος σιδηρον οξυνει ανηρ δε παροξυνει προσωπον εταιρου
Latin: ferrum ferro acuitur et homo exacuit faciem amici sui
Wycliffe: Yrun is whettid bi irun; and a man whettith the face of his frend.
Luther: Ein Messer wetzt das andere und ein Mann den andern.
Slavonic: Железо железа острит: муж же поощряет лице дружне.
Russian: Железо железо острит, и человек изощряет взгляд друга своего.
Spanish: Hierro con hierro se aguza; así el hombre aguza el rostro de su amigo.

4. Greek
The ancient Greek word "οξύνει""sharpens" and is the source of the (first part of the) English word "oxygen" and "oxymoron".

5. Foolish and moronic babies
Today, the modern Greek word "μωρό" (mo-RO) ≈ "baby, infant" is more common and is the origin of the English word "moron" as someone who (originally) exhibited "baby" or "infant" behavior. This was the meaning in Bible times.

The ancient Greek word as "slow", "dull", "foolish" is possibly related to the Sanskrit word "मूर" (mu-ra) ≈ "slow, stupid, foolish" which is the source of the Hindi word "मूढ़" (woodh) ≈ "foolish".

6. English words related to moron
Here are some English words related to the ancient Greek "μωρός" for "foolish". The ancient Greek words "μωρός" (mo-ROS) ≈ "dull, stupid, foolish" and "σοφός" (so-FOS) ≈ "wise" appear together in a verse in two places in the Bible, the second in a negative sense as "not wise".
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7. Sharpen
The Latin word "acuo""make pointed, sharpen" as in the English word "acumen" and is related to the (first part of the) words for "acropolis" and "acrobat" (from Greek). It is also the source of the English word "acid".

The Russian word "острить" (a-street) ≈ "sharpen".

8. Wedding
Speaking of "whetting your appetite" for a "wedding", let us look at the wedding at Cana in John 3.

9. John 2:1
   John 2:1 
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KJV: And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
Greek: και τη ημερα τη τριτη γαμος εγενετο εν κανα της γαλιλαιας και ην η μητηρ του ιησου εκει
Latin: et die tertio nuptiae factae sunt in Cana Galilaeae et erat mater Iesu ibi
Wessex: Nuptie facte sunt in chana galilëë. On þam þriddan daige wæren gyfte ge ge-wordene (sic) on chana galilëë. ænd þas halendes moder wæs þær.
Wycliffe: And the thridde dai weddyngis weren maad in the Cane of Galilee; and the modir of Jhesu was there.
Tyndale: And the thryde daye was ther a mariage in Cana a cite of Galile: and the mother of Iesus was there.
Luther: Und am dritten Tage ward eine Hochzeit zu Kana in Galiläa; und die Mutter JEsu war da.
Slavonic: И в третий день брак бысть в Кане Галилейстей: и бе Мати Иисусова ту.
Russian: На третий день был брак в Кане Галилейской, и Матерь Иисуса была там.

10. Nuptials
The wedding was on the "third" day.

11. Ordinal numbers
A counting number is a number such as "one", "two", "three", etc.

An ordinal number is a number such as "first", "second", "third", etc.

The "third" in "third day" is an ordinal number.

12. Third
The English word "third" (ordinal number) is related to other the PIE (Proto Indo-European) root "*TREYES""three".

13. Diagram
Linguistic diagram of thirdWe leave the rest of the verses of this story for a future time.
Future topic Details are left as a future topic.

Here is the last verse of the story.

14. John 2:11
   John 2:11 
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KJV: This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee , and manifested forth his glory ; and his disciples believed on him .
Greek: ταυτην εποιησεν την αρχην των σημειων ο ιησους εν κανα της γαλιλαιας και εφανερωσεν την δοξαν αυτου και επιστευσαν εις αυτον οι μαθηται αυτου
Latin: hoc fecit initium signorum Iesus in Cana Galilaeae et manifestavit gloriam suam et crediderunt in eum discipuli eius
Wycliffe: Jhesus dide this the bigynnyng of signes in the Cane of Galilee, and schewide his glorie; and hise disciplis bileueden in hym.
Tyndale: This beginnynge of miracles dyd Iesus in Cana of Galile and shewed his glory and his disciples beleved on him.
Luther: Das ist das erste Zeichen , das Jesus tat , geschehen zu Kana in Galiläa und offenbarte seine Herrlichkeit . Und seine Jünger glaubten an ihn .
Slavonic: Се сотвори начаток знамением Иисус в Кане Галилейстей и яви славу Свою: и вероваша в Него ученицы Его.
Russian: Так положил Иисус начало чудесам в Кане Галилейской и явил славу Свою; и уверовали в Него ученики Его.

15. In the big inning
Verse routeGenesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [kjv]
Verse routeבראשית … [he]
Verse routeαρχη … [lxx]
Verse routeprincipio … [v]

The phrase "in the beginning" is not when a baseball team scores a lot of runs.
Then the Giants-Angels game was rained out (Nephilim and the Flood)

16. Other Biblical baseball

17. Genesis 1:1

   Genesis 1:1 
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KJV: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Hebrew: בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארץ׃
Greek: εν αρχη εποιησεν ο θεος τον ουρανον και την γην
Latin: in principio creavit Deus caelum et terram
Wycliffe: In the bigynnyng God made of nouyt heuene and erthe.
Tyndale: In the begynnynge God created heaven and erth.
Luther: Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde.
Russian: В начале сотворил Бог небо и землю.
Spanish: En el principio creó Dios los cielos y la tierra.

18. Genesis 1:2
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KJV: And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Hebrew: והארץ היתה תהו ובהו וחשך על פני תהום ורוח אלהים מרחפת על פני המים׃
Greek: η δε γη ην αορατος και ακατασκευαστος και σκοτος επανω της αβυσσου και πνευμα θεου επεφερετο επανω του υδατος
Latin: terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
Wycliffe: Forsothe the erthe was idel and voide, and derknessis weren on the face of depthe; and the Spiryt of the Lord was borun on the watris.
Luther: Und die Erde war wüst und leer, und es war finster auf der Tiefe; und der Geist GOttes schwebete auf dem Wasser.
Slavonic: Земля же бе невидима и неустроена, и тма верху бездны, и Дух Божий ношашеся верху воды.
Russian: Земля же была безвидна и пуста, и тьма над бездною, и Дух Божий носился над водою.
Spanish: Y la tierra estaba desordenada y vacía, y las tinieblas estaban sobre la faz del abismo, y el Espíritu de Dios se movía sobre la faz de las aguas.

19. Waters
The "waters" and an later verses make a lot more sense if one understands the state of nature called "plasma" and the physical properties of "plasma".
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20. The creation week
Let us look at each day of the creation week in Genesis 1.

We are only interested in whether God said that the day was good so we will skip many of the verses and summarize each day.

21. Evening and morning
Each day of creation has the evening before and the day of that creation.

22. Bad Monday
For many, Monday is the start of the work week. We will return to this question below.

23. Blah
The English word "blah" can mean (at least) two things. It appears to be onomatopoetic in that it sounds like what it represents in the same way as "barbarian" in Greek (future topic).

In the creation week, God spoke everything into existence (blah, blah, blah, if your point of view is not focused) and, as we will see, had a blah (not really good) Monday.

24. A recent new beginning
Verse routeGenesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [kjv]
Verse routeבראשית … [he]
Verse routeαρχη … [lxx]
Verse routeprincipio … [v]
Verse routebigynnyng … [wy]
Verse routebegynnynge … [ty]

The word "God" is taken to be the creator God of the universe and everything in it, as in Genesis 1:1.

The phrase "a recent new beginning" uses words that, in PIE languages, are related, as are all people going back in time.
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25. The beginning and end of time
Both viewsBoth the Bible and current scientific thought (since the end of the 19th century) agree that there is a beginning to time and an end to time as we know it. The two viewpoints disagree on the time scale.

Modern secular view: Due to the 2nd law of thermodynamics, about 1900, it was recognized that there must be a beginning of time and an end of time.
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26. Declarative model of creation
Puzzle 1The creation account in Genesis, in terms of creation days, provides a declarative model of the creation.

A declarative model of a system is a model that describes the what of a system but not the how (or why) of a system. This term is used in computer science and software engineering (as black box functional testing). At another interesting level, each day of the creation is associated with a declarative statement as God says or speaks (or declares) what is to be done.
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27. Days
Since time as we know it did not exist before the creation, forcing our concept of time as in days into the creation story may cause it not to make sense. A view of six literal creation days appears to have taken hold when a move was made to make the Bible a formal logical system (inerrant in every aspect) following this move in secular areas (including Boolean logic, etc.).

Any measure of time as we know it appears to rely, in part, on the speed of light, and it appears that the speed of light has not been the same at all times in the past.
Future topic Details are left as a future topic.


28. Genesis 1: Evening and morning
Week days
Verse routeGenesis 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. [kjv]

Roman numeral clockWhen exactly does the day start? And when does it end? There have been two primary views during history.

29. Day 1: Sunday
Day 1 is Sunday (evening before and that day).

30. Genesis 1:4
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KJV: And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Hebrew: וירא אלהים את האור כי טוב ויבדל אלהים בין האור ובין החשך׃
Greek: και ειδεν ο θεος το φως οτι καλον και διεχωρισεν ο θεος ανα μεσον του φωτος και ανα μεσον του σκοτους

31. Hebrew
The Hebrew word "טוב" (to-wb) ≈ "it was good". טוב - it was good

32. Strongs
Strongs definitions:

33. Genesis 1:5
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KJV: And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Hebrew: ויקרא אלהים לאור יום ולחשך קרא לילה ויהי ערב ויהי בקר יום אחד׃
Greek: και εκαλεσεν ο θεος το φως ημεραν και το σκοτος εκαλεσεν νυκτα και εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα μια
On the first day, Sunday, God saw that everything was "good".

34. Day 2: Monday
Day 2 is Monday (evening before and that day).

35. Genesis 1:8
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KJV: And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Hebrew: ויקרא אלהים לרקיע שמים ויהי ערב ויהי בקר יום שני׃
Greek: και εκαλεσεν ο θεος το στερεωμα ουρανον και ειδεν ο θεος οτι καλον και εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα δευτερα
There is no record of God seeing anything "good" on the second day - Monday, in the Hebrew.

God had a "blah" Monday in that he spoke things into existence but did not say it was "good".

36. However
However, in the LXX (Septuagint), God did see that it was "good". What is going on here? One motivation might be to have God say it was "good" exactly seven times - a special number in Hebrew history. The LXX has God saying it was "good" eight times.

37. Day 3: Tuesday
Day 3 is Tuesday (evening before and that day).

38. Genesis 1:10
   Genesis 1:10 
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KJV: And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Hebrew: ויקרא אלהים ליבשה ארץ ולמקוה המים קרא ימים וירא אלהים כי טוב׃
Greek: και εκαλεσεν ο θεος την ξηραν γην και τα συστηματα των υδατων εκαλεσεν θαλασσας και ειδεν ο θεος οτι καλον

39. 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

40. 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 routeσπειρον σπερμαξυλον καρπιμον ποιουν καρποναυτου εν αυτω … [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.
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41. 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
On the third day, Tuesday, God said it was "good" twice.

The third day, Tuesday, is considered the day of double blessing by Jews. Weddings are often on this day.

You can now answer the following question. Why was the wedding in John 3 on the third day?

42. Amish weddings
Amish weddings are usually on Tuesday or Thursday in Spring or Fall - outside of working time such as harvest, and cooler to keep food from spoiling - as I was told by two Amish men who I asked about this.

43. Day 4: Wednesday
Day 4 is Wednesday (evening before and that day).

44. Genesis 1:18
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KJV: And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Hebrew: ולמשל ביום ובלילה ולהבדיל בין האור ובין החשך וירא אלהים כי טוב׃
Greek: και αρχειν της ημερας και της νυκτος και διαχωριζειν ανα μεσον του φωτος και ανα μεσον του σκοτους και ειδεν ο θεος οτι καλον

45. Genesis 1:19
   Genesis 1:19 
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KJV: And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Hebrew: ויהי ערב ויהי בקר יום רביעי׃
Greek: και εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα τεταρτη
On the fourth day, Wednesday, God saw that it was good one time.

46. Day 5: Thursday
Day 5 is Thursday (evening before and that day).

47. Genesis 1:21
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KJV: And 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.
Hebrew: ויברא אלהים את התנינם הגדלים ואת כל נפש החיה הרמשת אשר שרצו המים למינהם ואת כל עוף כנף למינהו וירא אלהים כי טוב׃
Greek: και εποιησεν ο θεος τα κητη τα μεγαλα και πασαν ψυχην ζωων ερπετων α εξηγαγεν τα υδατα κατα γενη αυτων και παν πετεινον πτερωτον κατα γενος και ειδεν ο θεος οτι καλα

48. Genesis 1:23
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KJV: And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Hebrew: ויהי ערב ויהי בקר יום חמישי׃
Greek: και εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα πεμπτη
On the fifth day, Thursday, God saw that it was good one time.

49. Day 6: Friday
Day 6 is Friday (evening before and that day).

50. Genesis 1:25
   Genesis 1:25 
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KJV: And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Hebrew: ויעש אלהים את חית הארץ למינה ואת הבהמה למינה ואת כל רמש האדמה למינהו וירא אלהים כי טוב׃
Greek: και εποιησεν ο θεος τα θηρια της γης κατα γενος και τα κτηνη κατα γενος και παντα τα ερπετα της γης κατα γενος αυτων και ειδεν ο θεος οτι καλα

51. Genesis 1:31
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KJV: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Hebrew: וירא אלהים את כל אשר עשה והנה טוב מאד ויהי ערב ויהי בקר יום הששי׃
Greek: και ειδεν ο θεος τα παντα οσα εποιησεν και ιδου καλα λιαν και εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα εκτη
On the sixth day, Friday, God saw that it was good two times, including "very good" one of those times. For some reason, Friday, the day before the Sabbath, is a day of double blessing but not a traditional day for weddings.

Perhaps this is because one would need to end the festivities by sundown when the sabbath started. For that reason, it might have been better to celebrate on a Tuesday (avoiding any high sabbath, of course).

52. Day 7: Saturday
Day 7 is Saturday (evening before and that day).

53. Genesis 2:1
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KJV: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Hebrew: ויכלו השמים והארץ וכל צבאם׃
Greek: και συνετελεσθησαν ο ουρανος και η γη και πας ο κοσμος αυτων
The "host" is, in Greek, what became the English word "cosmos" and at the time the LXX was translated meant "adornments" where the stars were adornments in the heavens, as described by Pythagoras of Pythagorean triangle fame (or infamous if you did not like geometry or trigonometry).
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54. Genesis 2:2
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KJV: And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Hebrew: ויכל אלהים ביום השביעי מלאכתו אשר עשה וישבת ביום השביעי מכל מלאכתו אשר עשה׃
Greek: και συνετελεσεν ο θεος εν τη ημερα τη εκτη τα εργα αυτου α εποιησεν και κατεπαυσεν τη ημερα τη εβδομη απο παντων των εργων αυτου ων εποιησεν
Latin: conplevitque Deus die septimo opus suum quod fecerat et requievit die septimo ab universo opere quod patrarat
Wycliffe: And God fillide in the seuenthe dai his werk which he made; and he restide in the seuenthe dai fro al his werk which he hadde maad;
Tyndale: ad i ye seueth daye god ended hys worke which he had made and rested in ye seventh daye fro all his workes which he had made.
Luther: Und also vollendete Gott am siebenten Tage seine Werke, die er machte, und ruhete am siebenten Tage von allen seinen Werken, die er machte;
Slavonic: И соверши Бог в день шестый дела Своя, яже сотвори: и почи в день седмый от всех дел Своих, яже сотвори.
Russian: И совершил Бог к седьмому дню дела Свои, которые Он делал, и почил в день седьмый от всех дел Своих, которые делал.
This idea is repeated in Exodus 20:11.

55. Exodus 20:11
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KJV: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Hebrew: כי ששת ימים עשה יהוה את השמים ואת הארץ את הים ואת כל אשר בם וינח ביום השביעי על כן ברך יהוה את יום השבת ויקדשהו׃
Greek: εν γαρ εξ ημεραις εποιησεν κυριος τον ουρανον και την γην και την θαλασσαν και παντα τα εν αυτοις και κατεπαυσεν τη ημερα τη εβδομη δια τουτο ευλογησεν κυριος την ημεραν την εβδομην και ηγιασεν αυτην
Going back to Genesis 2:2, according to the Hebrew, God completed his work on the seventh day, Saturday. Did God do any work on the seventh day? That is the day God rested.

56. Septuagint
In the LXX, however, God finished his work on the sixth day. Might this have been changed from "seventh" to avoid some issue. It appears that the ending of work on the seventh day might have been a Jewish idiom. But that idiom would not translate into Greek very well. Perhaps this is why the LXX differs.

57. Syriac Peshitah
The OCS (Old Church Slavonic) uses "sixth" day. The modern Russian uses "seventh" day.

It appears that the Syriac Peshitah Bible uses "sixth".
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58. Seven day week
On the seventh day, God rested from his work.

Thus, there are seven days in the week.

59. Turning seven into a week
CautionThe prime number "seven" is related among many PIE languages and is the basis of the seven day week going back to Genesis. The English word "week" is related to many other words involving a "turning" as in one weekly cycle turning into another cycle.
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60. Adding the numbers
For the seven days, God says that it is "good" seven times. The LXX has one time for Monday for a total of eight times.

61. Life
DNA two chainsInterestingly, the days that God says it is "good" twice are days of information mechanism creation. The sea and air creatures (whales, fowl) on day five would involve DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid), but no double blessing on that day.

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