That is to say, it is subservient to the natural world; its importance is that it refers to that world.

也就是说，这些学科都是自然世界的奴仆;,它们存在的价值就是去解释那个自然世界。

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They are subservient to an idea that they have to express, which is the idea of God, right, and God is real.

它们臣服于那个需要它们阐释的观点，上帝的观点，是的，上帝也是实实在在的。

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They are bound by, they're subservient to, this metadivine realm.

他们受制并服从于这个超神的领域。

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So, to summarize, in Genesis 1, The view of god is that there is one supreme god, who is creator and sovereign of the world, who simply exists, who appears to be incorporeal, And for whom the realm of nature is separate and subservient.

那么，我们来总结《创世纪》第一章，对上帝的认识是只有一个无上的上帝，他就是世界的创造者和主宰者，是毋庸置疑的存在，他看起来无形无体，对于他来说，自然界是分隔的从属的。

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