Waters Divided, Land Appears | Genesis 1:6–13

<p>Roger Ferguson and Yu Song read Genesis 1:6–13, compare Jewish and Christian interpretations, and follow water, seed and fruit into Jesus’ teaching.</p><p><br /></p><p>Continue with Genesis 1:1–5: <a href="https://youtu.be/uVqP6ptYpns" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://youtu.be/uVqP6ptYpns</a></p><p>Next planned portion: Genesis 1:14–23.</p><p><br /></p><p>SOURCES AND READING NOTES</p><p>Genesis 1:6–13; Job 37:18; Ezekiel 1:22; Psalm 107:28–29; Mark 4:26–29, 39–41; Jeremiah 17:7–8; Luke 6:43–49; Acts 15:21. Scripture reading text: Berean Standard Bible, third printing (public domain): <a href="https://berean.bible" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://berean.bible</a></p><p>Live paraphrases and discussion are not verbatim quotations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rashi (AD 1040–1105), Genesis 1:6–11: <a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Rashi_on_Genesis.1.11" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.sefaria.org/Rashi_on_Genesis.1.11</a></p><p>The “FRUIT TREE” card uses the public-domain Rosenbaum/Silbermann translation (1929–1934). Rashi describes the tree having the fruit’s taste, not a tree tasting itself. The human-purpose and nutrient-cycle applications are Roger’s reflections, not Rashi’s explanation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ibn Ezra’s different expanse reading: <a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Genesis.1.6" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Genesis.1.6</a></p><p>Genesis Rabbah’s day-two explanations: <a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Bereshit_Rabbah.4.6" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.sefaria.org/Bereshit_Rabbah.4.6</a></p><p>Swete’s Greek Genesis 1:8 includes a goodness statement: <a href="https://biblehub.com/sepd/genesis/1.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://biblehub.com/sepd/genesis/1.htm</a></p><p>The difference does not establish translator motives. Roger’s proposed motive and wider interpretation-history connections are hypotheses, not settled historical conclusions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian comparisons: Basil, Hexaemeron III §§7, 9: <a href="https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/32013.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/32013.htm</a></p><p>Calvin, Genesis 1:6: <a href="https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom01.vii.i.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom01.vii.i.html</a></p><p>Bible access before the Reformation was not universally absent or forbidden. A German Bible printed in AD 1466