The advanced Big Bible picture book below is an advanced version that was created for those who are scientifically literate and are curious how the original Hebrew text of Genesis could relate to science. This version of a Big Bible picture book shows the Bible passage along with what scientists say about that period of cosmic history. The Bible passages use the New International Version. The scientific descriptions are for those who are comfortable with technical scientific concepts and include the estimated time period in cosmic history. There are also references to the Hebrew words from Genesis and how the scientific concepts could align with the original Hebrew.

The first verse of Genesis reads as follows.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

We begin by exploring this first sentence one phrase at a time. By comparing this one verse with science, we can gain much insight into the richness of how the Bible can summarize what we now know from science.

The Bible says...

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1)

Scientists say...

It was only in the early 20th century that science began to have strong evidence that there was a beginning to the universe. This evidence was from a combination of observations of the astronomer Edwin Hubble, the General Theory of Relativity of Albert Einstein, and a cosmological theory later dubbed “the Big Bang” from the Catholic priest George Lemaitre.

Here we represent the beginning by an arrow. Because before this beginning, there was no time or space. But after the beginning, there was time and space and everything that has come afterwards.