[candeee]

I don't have a Bible in front of me but I think it begins, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth and then the earth became void." Thus after He first created earth, earth became void. How many years did it take for the earth to become void and what/who caused it to become void? It's late and I'm tired but it seems to me that the 7 days did not start until after the earth became void.

[Allan]

Day 1 of Creation.

In the beginning
God created the heaven
and the earth.
And the earth was without form,
and void;
and darkness was upon the face
of the deep.
And the Spirit
of God
moved
upon the face
of the waters.
And God said,
LET THERE BE LIGHT:
and there was light.
And God saw the light,
that it was good:
and God divided the light
from the darkness.
And God called the light Day,
and the darkness
he called Night.
And the evening
and the morning
were the first day.

[Just mythoughts]

You are correct. We are not given the "TIME" from that Beginning to the "overthrow", to the DAYS of CREATION making the earth habitable for "flesh man". Also the words "replenish the earth" is used in Genesis 1:28.

Jeremiah 4:22-28 is not talking about Noah's flood.

IIPeter 3 the whole chapter gives much instruction and speaks about the world that then was, now, and yet future.

There are other places that describe those events that took place prior to "man in the flesh" being created.

Also note when you read after that 7th day, "REST" that there was no man to till the ground. So that would make it the 8th day that "the Adam" was created.

[safisoft]

I don't have a Bible in front of me but I think it begins, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth and then the earth became void." Thus after He first created earth, earth became void. How many years did it take for the earth to become void and what/who caused it to become void? It's late and I'm tired but it seems to me that the 7 days did not start until after the earth became void.

When you read the Bible, you must think Hebrew. This is the way a Hebrew tells you an account. Tell you everything in the first sentence - then go back and fill in the details.

[bluejay]

I don't have a Bible in front of me but I think it begins, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth and then the earth became void." Thus after He first created earth, earth became void. How many years did it take for the earth to become void and what/who caused it to become void? It's late and I'm tired but it seems to me that the 7 days did not start until after the earth became void.

This is a question of translation. The Bible I have begins: "When God began to create heaven and earth ..."

[saint]

That's right. Creation began before the day was created. The sun wasn't giving light yet and the clocks weren't yet ticking.

Put as much time in the first verse as you like. We really have no way of knowing how long it was before the first day unless God uses science to teach us.