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Originally Posted by mfblume
bara (בָּרָא, to create)
asah (עָשָׂה, to make or do).
The difference between something that's created and something that's made is that when something is created it is brought into existence out of nothing. But, that which is made has been formed out of something else that already exists. God created the heavens and the earth ( Genesis 1:1), so He did not form them from something already in existence.
Read Genesis 1 and keep the difference in mind when you come across created and made. |
Psalm 148 uses bara in reference to the heavens, stars, sun, moon, etc, and by implication in reference to the earth and its contents as well (by parallelism).
Exodus 20:11 uses asah in reference to the heavens, and earth, and their contents.
Thus, according to scriptural usage, there is no substantial difference between bara and asah in regards to the Creation. This is further proved by the NT usage, and the LXX usage, of epoiesin and cognate terms in reference to Creation.
A quick look at
Genesis 1 proves the terms are used synonymously:
v 26 God says let us make (asah) man, v 27 so God created (bara) man.
Etc.
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