The options attached to the above question are listed below:
A. Behold the first word and the first discourse.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. Then the mountains rose over the water like great lobsters.
ANSWER
The correct option is B.
Ex Nihilo type of creation story refers to the the type of story that sustains the belief that the earth was created out of nothing. The belief holds that in the very beginning there was no creation, absolutely nothing, and then suddenly everything start to exist. Thus, the statement in option B support the ex nihilo story line.
