Reading Genesis chapters 1:1 – 2:3 I was amazed to find out that earth wasn’t something that was already in existence, but that earth was something created by Someone who was already in existence. The first chapter of Genesis starts off in verse one saying “In the beginning God” implying that he was there before all things. God is not only a master in creating but I learned in this narrative that he is also a master in designing. What really strikes me is that I am able to recognize one of God’s attributes which is that he is omnipotent. He has power over nature. He is able to create things that are impossible to create with human bare hands. He is able to limit space of how far the water should stay. I am stoked on how powerful God is.
2. List some of the words and themes that recur through the passage. What emphases do these suggest?
Some of the words and themes that recur through these passages are God created, God said, God saw it was good, God called, and God blessed. Let’s start with the first words that …show more content…
Now compare it with Genesis 1:1 – 2:3. What are the similarities and differences in what the second story has to say about God, about the manner of God’s creation, about the world, about humanity, and man and women, about anything else that story talks about, about the message of the two stories, and about how they would have brought good news or challenge to their readers?
In Genesis chapters 1:1 – 2:3 and Genesis chapters 2:4 – 3:24, I identified several similarities and differences. The difference I recognized, was God’s change of response and emotion with creation. Genesis 1 v.28 “God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth,” we are able to know by God’s tone that He is pleased. In Genesis 3:14 “The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle,” we are able to perceive that God’s response and emotion has changed by the downcast of his words towards the
2. List some of the words and themes that recur through the passage. What emphases do these suggest?
Some of the words and themes that recur through these passages are God created, God said, God saw it was good, God called, and God blessed. Let’s start with the first words that …show more content…
Now compare it with Genesis 1:1 – 2:3. What are the similarities and differences in what the second story has to say about God, about the manner of God’s creation, about the world, about humanity, and man and women, about anything else that story talks about, about the message of the two stories, and about how they would have brought good news or challenge to their readers?
In Genesis chapters 1:1 – 2:3 and Genesis chapters 2:4 – 3:24, I identified several similarities and differences. The difference I recognized, was God’s change of response and emotion with creation. Genesis 1 v.28 “God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth,” we are able to know by God’s tone that He is pleased. In Genesis 3:14 “The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle,” we are able to perceive that God’s response and emotion has changed by the downcast of his words towards the