Question

Which three sentences In the story indicate that that the passage is an ex nihilo type of creation story?

Answer 1

Answer:

• 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.
• Lo, now how the heavens exist, how exists also the Heart of Heaven; such is the name of God; it is thus that he is called.  
• And the creation was verily after this wise: Earth, they said, and on the instant it was formed; like a cloud or a fog was its beginning.

Explanation:

Creation ex nihilo is one type of creation myth, along with creation through the Earth diver, creation from the chaos, creation by the dismemberment of a world parent, and creation by emergence.

Ex nihilo is a Latin expression that means "out of nothing". Creation ex nihilo refers to a creation believed to being done from nothing, usually through the words of a deity. In this example, the sentences that establish creation being done when nothing yet existed, and earth being created by God naming it, allow us to recognize it´s an ex nihilo creation story.