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Actually there are TWO incompatible accounts of creation in Genesis, one in Genesis 1 and one in Genesis 2. Genesis 1: the world initially all water. God has t
by SeanLuke 5y ago
Actually there are TWO incompatible accounts of creation in Genesis, one in Genesis 1 and one in Genesis 2.
Genesis 1: the world initially all water. God has to dry it to create land. Genesis 2: the world initially all land. God has to add water.
Genesis 1 creation order: water, land, plants, animals, humans (male and female at the same time, most reasonable reading is many humans all at once). Genesis 2 creation order: land, water, Adam alone, plants, animals, Eve alone.
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- dane-pgp 5y agoThe two accounts aren't necessarily incompatible, and they can be interpreted as offering two parallel perspectives of Creation: the first with a cosmological focus, and the second with a sociological one. A synthesis of the two accounts would give an order something like this: Fluid (the proto-Earth which didn't have a distinct atmosphere), solid Earth (with liquid water forming oceans, and a gaseous atmosphere), plants, animals, humans, Adam, the garden of Eden (in an area that had been barren), (animals brought to Adam for naming), Eve.
- SeanLuke 5y agoMeh, apologetics. Either the water was first or the land was. Either man was explicitly created before the plants, or he was explicitly created 3 days after them. On and on. There are tons of irreconcilable differences among the creation accounts.