Genesis 2 Vs Genesis

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There many differences between the account from Genesis 1 and then in Genesis 2. Although, the accounts may be different they share common similarities. The text appears to be written by different people on what happened or what they believed to have happened perhaps by the families or just simply in the religious teachings. Genesis 1 goes through the order of creation chronologically ending after God created male and female and declared they have dominion over all other that was created. Genesis 2 starts with Gods day of rest, the seventh day, and then back tracks telling about how the earth was created and the creation of man, plants, and birds. Genesis 1 says that God created the all the heavens and earth in six days but in Genesis 2 God …show more content…

One big difference between the two accounts is in Genesis 1:2 earth is described as dark so God says let there be light and he separates light by calling it day and darkness by calling it night. God creates the light by making to great lights to rule the dark and the brighter one to rule over the day. In Genesis 2 the account does not say God created light but as if the creation of night and day and the constellations were already created and earth did not start out formless and dark as it did in the account from Genesis 1. In Genesis 2:6 a stream would rise and give water to the earth but in Genesis 1:2 the water stays in its place like an immovable source. Also in Genesis 1:2 earth is described as a formless void but in Genesis 2:5 it says that there was no one to till the ground as if the ground had shape and structure and could produce plants; unlike Genesis 1 where the earth consisted of water. It is not till the third day after God created the sky that he separated the waters by landmasses in Genesis 1 but in Genesis 2 it appears the landmasses and seas had already been created. In Genesis 2 God creates things in a different order than he does in Genesis …show more content…

The biggest difference between Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 is the order of creation that is made by God. Genesis 2 also does not let us know when the creations were formed by days like Genesis 1 does. In Genesis 2 God forms the beings he creates from things the already exist such as: dust to form man and then ribs from man to create woman. Genesis 1 is unlike Genesis 1 in that God does not take from something that is already there and creates something new instead God says the creation to

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