Rivers do better in the Bible than the sea. The opening words of Genesis describe "the spirit of God moving over the face of the waters," and all being "without form and void," the ocean as primal chaos.
The second story of creation, found in Genesis 2, describes the Garden of Eden, which has not one, but four rivers flowing through it. If Eden were our corner of Vermont, these would be the Ompompanoosuc, White, Ottauquechee and Black Rivers. Summer in Vermont, close to Eden.
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