Question

Which sentences in the story indicate that it is an ex nihilo type of creation story?

Answer 1

Ex nihilo type of creation means the concept that the universe and everything in it were first created out of nothing. there was nothing one instance,and the next there was everything.
if we take a look at the story,there are more than afew sentences indicating the writers belief in this concept."behold the first word and the first discourse" is one such sentence. it indicates the creation of the universe by the words that were spoken by GOd." "There was as yet no man, nor any animal, nor bird, nor fish, nor crawfish, nor any pit, nor ravine, nor green herb, nor any tree; nothing was but the firmament" this is another sentence which indicates the concept of ex nihilo creation in the story. it suggests that there was nothing in the beginning,not a single thing,"the face of the earth has yet not appeared" here is another one of those sentences. it suggests that the earth as we kow it had yet to come to pass."alone also the creater" this sentence suggests that before everything was created,there was nothing and the creater was alone."on the instant it was formed like a cloud or a fog was its begining" it also suggests the instant creation of the earth."in an instant the mountains and the plains were visible" this sentence also suggests that one minute there was nothing and the next the mountains appeared.
these are all the sentences in the story that suggests that the story is an ex nihilo type of creation story.

Answer 2

The sentences that indicate that it is an ex nihilo type of creation story are the following sentences:

" There was as yet no man, nor any animal, nor bird, nor fish, nor crawfish, nor any pit, nor ravine, nor green herb, nor any tree; nothing was but the firmament. The face of the earth had not yet appeared—only the peaceful sea and all the space of heaven. There was nothing yet joined together, nothing that clung to anything else; nothing that balanced itself, that made the least rustling, that made a sound in the heaven. There was nothing that stood up; "

Explanation:

This creation story in the passage called "ex nihilo earth diver world parents emergence", it can be summarized as the creation made out nothing. It is known that the creation story is a religious, cultural and traditional issue or story in which it is also known as cosmogony that is related to the origins of our world.