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[ Biblical references ] Genesis 1:26 says "Then God said,"Let Us make man in Our image." What is the 'Us' and 'Our' referring to? Why is it plural?
[ Biblical references ] In the book of Genesis, what do the ?waters? refer to in the Creation of the world: ?Thus God made the firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so? (1:7)?
[ Biblical references ] Is it true that Cain and Abel married their sisters?
[ Biblical references ] Is the Bible supposed to be taken literally, that is, word for word?
[ Biblical references ] What does it mean when Christ says, ?To look at a woman lustfully you have already committed adultery? (Matthew 5:28) ?
[ Biblical references ] What does the Song of Solomon symbolise?
[ Biblical references ] What is meant by the Bible verse ?when I am weak, then I am strong? (2 Corinthians 12:10) ?
[ Biblical references ] What is the meaning and significance of the three books of King Solomon (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Songs)?
[ Biblical references ] What is the meaning of ?the world? in the Bible, because in one place the Lord says, ?For God so loved the world?, and then in another He says, ?Do not love the world? ?
[ Biblical references ] What is the meaning of the Bible verse ?Do not be overly righteous nor be overly wise: why should you destroy yourselves?? (Ecclesiastes 7:16)?
[ Biblical references ] What is the meaning of the number of the beast 666 in the Book of Revelation?
[ Biblical references ] What is the meaning of the verse, ?Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines? (Songs 2:15)?
[ Biblical references ] What is the meaning of the words in the Psalm, ?Be angry and do not sin? (Psalm 4:4) ?
[ Biblical references ] When God created the world, was each day a period of 24 hours?
[ Biblical references ] Where in the Bible does it say that people who went to heaven are alive?
[ Biblical references ] Why did Jesus convert water to wine at the wedding of Cana, if the Bible speaks against alcohol?
[ Biblical references ] Why did people in the Old Testament practice polygamy (marriage to more than one wife)?

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