“But as we see in Genesis 1:11, God did not create vegetation from nothing, but rather He caused it to sprout from the earth. So why would God point to an asah event as evidence of bara?”
Gen. 1:11 uses the Hebrew word ‘dasha’, spring forth, etc.
while uss vs. 12 uses the word, yatsa’, more the thing actually taking place.
But neither is ‘asah.
==You’ll have to tell me if straightforward is the same as literal, honest, lacking deviousness, what?
Literal? Yes. Honest? Yes. Lacking in deviousness? Yes.
==Actually, you brought Isa. 41:20 up, but thats o.k., as the chapter shows it was the condition or situation of the nation of Israel that was being created not the plants of vss. 18, 19.
Please explain further. Are you saying that God pointed to the asah’ing of some specific types of vegetation to teach Israel that he bara’d them? Shouldn’t you at least consider the possibility that God uses asah and bara as synonyms in certain contexts?
==Gen. 1:11 uses the Hebrew word ‘dasha’, spring forth, etc. while uss vs. 12 uses the word, yatsa’, more the thing actually taking place. But neither is ‘asah.
Are you saying that ‘dasha’ is yet a third kind of act, that is neither bara or asah?