So when did God create the rabbits?
Since you asked God, then let's read His book...The Bible.
We focus on Day 5 and 6 and understand the implication of the passages as it relates to present-day knowledge. Again like last time this is "Just my opinion"
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. Gen 1:20-23
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth ……… And the evening and the morning were the sixth day Gen 1:24-31
Putting things in context again, like my previous post on the creation account The creation is a process guided by the laws placed by the Creator, it is divided into 7 (days) period. And we are now on Day 7. The day of rest!
In Day 5, the passage mentions God creating great whales, and every living creature the moves, including winged fowl after its kind. At this time period creatures with hard-shelled bodies like trilobites and shellfish were created, creatures with skeletons such as fish spread throughout the ocean depths. Soon after, the Earth sees the first creatures appearing on land, apparently brought forth by the sea: amphibians, reptiles, and insects. Another great explosion of life begins 225 million years ago as dinosaurs appear and they dominate for 160 million years.
Bible Scholars have noted the differences in the translation of the original Hebrew word “tanniyn”. While the KJV translates the Hebrew tanniyn as whale .The translation used in the NIV is creature but it also means a marine or land monster i.e. a sea serpent or dragon . The NASB translates it sea monster as does the RSV and Darby versions. Young’s Literal translation translates it simply as monster . This has been equated to what is now being called the “Cambrian Explosion” where the was a sudden (by geological time) proliferation of animals from the sea and land. This would now include the dinosaurs. The verse ends with the fowls mulplying by the end of this period. According to studies and interpretation this is the longest period from 700 million to 65 million years ago.
Day six begins as the dinosaurs become extinct about 65 million years ago. We note at this time some animals were mention like cattle, creeping thing and beast of the earth. This is the period that culminates when man was created. At this period Mammals are now the dominant life forms as the age of the dinosaur ended in the previous (day) period. Then True Man appears last with the creation of Adam and Eve. This period is placed from 65 million to about 10,000 years ago.
So, when was the rabbit created? It was most probably created in this time period. Why was it not mentioned? What for? Same way as horse, dogs, cats, elephants etc. were not mentioned as well..
N.B. “Fossil records show that rabbit bones have been found from 30 to about 50 million years!” And the oldest were six times the size of present-day rabbits!”
