Is the King James Bible's existence hinted at in Genesis?
It is somewhat interesting to consider that the Bible is a type of an Ark (like Noah's Ark, or the Ark of the Covenant) in that it preserves the people of Christ and the Father, shelters the people of Christ and the Father, and provides them with spiritual nourishment as they pass through the storms of life here on Earth just as the Ark of Noah provided Noah's family with physical nourishment and spiritual protection. And the Ark of the Covenant holds (or once held?) the budded staff of Aaron, the Tablets of the Law, and a golden jar of Manna. Manna was a Heaven sent food that the Israelites ate for 40 years as they wandered in the desert after leaving Egypt. It looked like 'coriander seed', was like flakes of bread, and was a cross between physical nourishment from Heaven and 'bread for life'. It was physical in form, yet was given from Heaven. Jesus, for consideration, was called, in scripture, both the 'Bread of Life' and 'the Word'. He was physical, yet sent from Heaven. And He gave life to those who would accept Him as their Lord, being sent by the Holy Father, who gave Him such authority.
And of course we know that today Christians consider the Bible to be the Word of God, though Jesus also is known as 'the Word' by Christians, among His other names, and this dichotomy, or dual embodiment, has been recognized by Christians for around two millennia now. Yes, the Bible is called the Word of God, and yes, Jesus is known as 'the Word'. In some mysterious manner, the Bible has a deeper connection with Jesus than just holding His teachings. In some essences it is His embodiment here on Earth, though He rose from a tomb and sits at the right hand of the Father watching human history play out towards its rebellious end. What else He does, there beside the Father, man can only conjecture. We are told little in that regard.
There have been versions of the Bible from fairly ancient days. Within a few hundred years into the Church Age there existed compilations of the sacred writings that can be justifiably referred to as a Bible. Yet among all of the Bibles created (compiled) in the nearly 2000 years of Christianity, the King James or Authorized Version, currently holding 66 books in total between the Old Testament texts and the New Testament texts, certainly stands tall among them all in several respects. One of its strengths is the excellence of the scholarship and translation that went into it.
Among people that are absolutely fanatical that there is only one correct Bible to use, I personally have found those people to value and prefer the King James version more often than any other.
It was put together in Merry Old England by a body of scholars assembled and assigned by England's King James (originally of Scotland) and it was begun in 1604 A.D. and completed in 1611 A.D. It was considered an admirable translation and a monumental work when it was finished, and it has been of use in the winning of many millions of souls......so far as we men can know at least. God has the final say in all things. But it PROBABLY has been instrumental in saving many millions of human souls.
The English speaking peoples have sent missionaries to numerous and far flung locations in the world, and the King James Bible was often the Bible that those missionaries carried. And it was read around the family fire side and in the community churches of many nations.
So, this book - the King James Bible - which preserves and protects and nourishes and supports the Christian 's soul as that soul passes through the wickedness of the world (so very much like Noah's Ark saved humanity through that very great physical destruction of the flood) well, this version of the Bible was created in 1611 A.D. The year 1611.
So could the emergence of this significant Bible be hinted at in the Holy Scriptures that are contained in the Bible, prophetically? Well, only the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could say with authority.I cannot say. God has not told me. But there is a very interesting correlation in my mind. The number 1 (first) book in the Bible is Genesis. The 6th chapter of the Book of Genesis contains an account of the creation of Noah's great Ark that God instructed Noah how to build. So if you go to verse 11 of Genesis chapter 6, it is pretty much the launch point for the explanation of why the Ark was necessary, and about the details of building of it. Book number 1 (Genesis), chapter number 6, verse number 11 and then onward for a few verses. 1, 6, 11. And remember, the King James was finished in 1611 A.D.
So, maybe the correlation was intended by God, or perhaps not at all. But it is there, and it is interesting. Our Father's intelligence is of course such that it would have been almost effortless for Him to arrange the correlation. Yet, again, it may not have been intended.
Below, from Bible Gateway, is that section of Genesis chapter 6, for your consideration. I started the passage at Genesis 6:1 :
6 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with[a] humans forever, for they are mortal[b]; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
Noah and the Flood
9 This is the account of Noah and his family.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress[c] wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.[d] 16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit[e] high all around.[f] Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. 17 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”
22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.
So, there it is for your consideration.....perhaps a correlation from the mind of a man only, or perhaps a hint from our wonderful Holy Father and His Son Jesus, our only given Savior, given to us there in the Holy Word. Inside 'the Ark' there would be food fit for men and all the creatures. In the Bible is the 'Bread of Life', fit food for the souls of men, and we are strangely told to share the gospel with all of creation. All living things, one would assume. And again, the food on Noah's Ark was for all living creatures, as all creatures of the land and air that were to survive had taken refuge within that Ark.