Davar Kingdom Of God

But now, this is what the Lord says— He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; You are mine (Isa 43:1). Here, the Hebrew word, “to create” in “he who created you,” is bara’, and “to form” in “he who formed you,” is yatsar. It is helpful to know that the Bible has two different creation stories in Genesis—type one in chapter one, and type two in chapter two. These can be explained as two different traditions on how the world was created, each of which has its own emphases and themes that are contrasted with those of the other. The verb bara’ represents the story of type one, and yatsar that of type two. The important nuance embedded in bara’ is to create something by dividing it into two contrasted things. See, for instance, the following usages: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Gen 1:1). So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them