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https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T87c2vnkYFU<\/a>\n<\/p>

But they also shared \u201cThe Hippopotamus Song,\u201d otherwise known as \u201cHip Hip Hooray (Hippopotamus).\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The song actually turned out to be simply\u00a0fantastic<\/em> as a way of\u00a0talking about the topic that I wanted us to focus on, namely the relationship between such songs and the Biblical text(s) that they relate to.<\/p>\n

This song begins precisely as Genesis does, but then varies the order, which provided a chance to talk about the reasons for the order in Genesis 1 and parallels between days 1-3 and 4-6. It\u00a0mentions God\u2019s fingerprints in a way that is closer to Genesis 2 than to Genesis 1, providing an opportunity to talk about the differences between the two.\u00a0The placement of the sky on top provided an opportunity to talk about the dome and ancient vs. modern cosmology.<\/p>\n

And of course, we talked about whether the Bible mentions hippopotamuses, which meant a chance to talk about behemoth<\/a> and Bible translation.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"