... creation process, the Vedic Hymn of Creation leaves room for inquiry and interpretation by the reader. It goes above and beyond Genesis to reflect the foundations of Hinduism and touch on some concepts and practices of the religion. Therefore it is clearly seen that similarities and differences exist in both the two writings. In Genesis, the creation story is completed in six days and begins when God creates the universe from nothing. The creation process starts, "When God began to create heaven and earth-the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water-God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light" (Fisher & Bailey, 2000, p. 186). This excerpt shows that there was an earth, which was unformed and void. This can be contrasted with the Vedic Hymn of Creation which begins by saying, "There was neither ...

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