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The Importance of the Sea in Genesis 1
There is a big polemic against Baal throughout the Old Testament. In Genesis 1, God is just the Creator and mythology has been suppressed there. But in all of these texts, the Lord sovereign be over chaos and the sea is being emphasized. I think this reflects the fact that there is this spiritual warfare that's been ongoing since even creation.