Friday, March 28, 2014
Two Creation Accounts in Genesis
Why are there two creation accounts in Genesis (Bereshit)? One of them, from Genesis 1:1-2:4, the other is Genesis 2:4b-Genesis 4. The first lays out seven days of creation:
Day 1: heavens, earth, light, day and night.
Day 2: the "dome" (sky) that separates the waters below (on earth) from the waters above the sky.
Day 3: dry land and vegetation.
Day 4: stars, moon, sun.
Day 5: water creatures and birds.
Day 6: land animals; humankind (both male and female). The number of human beings created is not specified. Also, God here gives to people "every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food" (Gen 1:29) -- no prohibitions.
Day 7: God rested, and blessed this day.
The second lays out a very different version of creation, without the seven days binding the creation and with an emphasis on agriculture:
earth and heavens; no rain yet but a spring would well up and water the ground
from dust, man was created (not woman yet)
garden of Eden -- man is put here; garden includes the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil
God tells man to till and keep the garden of Eden, but not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
God notices that Man is alone and wants to find him a helper and partner, so He first creates animals and birds and Man names them. But still there was no helper as partner.
God makes Man fall asleep, pulls out a rib, and makes Woman.
The story of original sin then ensues.
In the first story, everything is good; in the second, everything is not good and humans are prohibited from eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In Mark 10:6, Jesus seems to believe the first creation account (that men and women were created together). This is all putting aside the fact that neither creation account is historically accurate. Which creation account do you believe?
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