Does Genesis 1:6-23 contain any word that indicates creation?
No. Genesis 1:6–23 contains not a single word that indicates creation as such. Instead, the language describes God restoring what was already present—previously under water and darkness due to a prior judgment—back to functional operation. It emphasizes restoration, not original creation.
Les explains that when you read Genesis 1:6 through verse 23, you should take note that there is not a single word indicating creation as such. Rather, the language is that God has taken that which was found in the previous verses—what was under water and under darkness as a result of a previous judgment—and is now simply restoring everything to a functional operation. So the emphasis is restoration, not creation.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
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Is Genesis 1:6-23 a creation account or a restoration account?
Genesis 1:6-23 describes God restoring to functional operation that which previously existed but was under water and darkness, not creating it anew.