In the first part of Genesis, it was caled Erets (×רץ). In the verses where humans were created, it was called adamah (×דמה)
In biblical terms, 7 represents completion and perfection. This theme originates from the biblical creation story - God created the heavens and the earth in 7 days.
According to Bishop Ussher's calculation, in 4004 BC. That is, of course, if the biblical creation story is literal.
The biblical writer used a fivefold pattern in the creation story to structure the narrative according to the days of creation. Each day describes a specific aspect of the creation process, culminating in the creation of humans on the sixth day and God resting on the seventh day.
They believe the story is a literal description of what happened.
6 Nights in a Biblical Story of Creation
It is the luzon creation.
Donald Broadribb has written: 'The dream story' -- subject(s): Dreams, Psychoanalytic Interpretation, Traum 'The Structure of Biblical Hebrew Poetry' 'An attempt to delineate the characteristic structure of classical (Biblical) Hebrew poetry' -- subject(s): Bible, Biblical Hebrew poetry, Hebrew language, Hebrew poetry, Biblical, History and criticism, Language, style, Metrics and rhythmics
The story of how the world was created. (aka Creation)
6 Nights in a Biblical Story of Creation
Many peoples have creation-narratives, because it is a universal tradition. The account of the Creation in the Hebrew Bible is in the first passages of Genesis. See also:A summary of the Creation-narrative
It is in the first chapter of Genesis.
Purely as a biblical - not scientific - answer, Genesis tells us that the world was pre-existing and uncreated, not that it was already inhabited. Many scholars have examined the Hebrew text and say that Genesis really is telling us that the world was already there when God began his creation.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation