Subject: facts about genesis ? |
Bible Note: 'Don't Gen. 1 and 2 present contradictory creation accounts? Hello Kalos: you wrote: - Day five - Sea life and birds are made. -------------------------------------------------------------------”Genesis 1:20…let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly….Genesis 1:24…”Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, etc… ”verses Genesis 2:19….”And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air…”------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Seems to me that in one version, birds are formed out of the “waters”; and the beasts are formed out of the ground. They don’t’ seem to have been created together. In the second version, birds and beasts are formed from the ground, created at the same time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- you wrote: Day six - Land animals, creeping things, and man (male and female) are made. 'Genesis 2 Then the Lord formed man from dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. Then God made Eve. 'There is no contradiction between Genesis 1 and 2. Genesis 1 is a detailed explanation of the six days of creation, day by day ----------------------- Genesis 1: 26…”Let us make man in our image…..and let them have dominion over (all life)…..27…”…male and female created he them… ”verses Genesis 2: 20…”…but for Adam there was not found an help mate for him…22…”made he a woman, and brought her unto the man…”----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In the first version, male and female, in context, are made at the same time in the “image of “us”, a plural reference. In the second version, man is given a name, Adam, and created by a singular reference; the animals, in context, are made after Adam was created. In context, the female, Eve was not made at the same time as part of the overall plan of making male and female in the “image” of “us”. She came as a “help-mate”, made from a part of the man. These are clearly differences, clearly distinct.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Genesis 1: 29….God tells man and woman, together, that they may eat any herb, every fruit, etc, for their “meat”. There is nothing forbidden. In context, man and woman are both the recipients of this information. Genesis 2: 17 In the second version, God tells Adam—there is no Eve at this time—not to eat of the fruit from the tree of Knowledge. Another distinction between the two versions.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Too tired to continue on this….but there’s enough smoke created that a person would be remiss not to see if there’s a fire. If not two versions, then at the very least, it’s a rather awkward way to present one story. ……………….good thoughts, Treadway |