The creation stories are told from two different perspectives. They can be divided into the Priestly and Yahwist account. The first creation story is told through chronological order. There is one God who is serene, powerful and distant. In this account there are also 10 Acts of Creation which include light, vault, the water under heaven, the dry land, vegetation, lights in the sky, fish, birds, animals and Male and female whom were created last. The place for this creation story is in the universe. Genesis 1:1 states, “How good it was”. God simply has “The Word”. In this story, no one is opposing God and all creation is indeed good. In this account, big light, little light, doesn’t even have names, 4th day rejecting the Enuma Elish. God stepped into their life to serve man as a clock and calendar. Last but not least, male and female were created from the image of God. The method for this account is order from Chaos. The ordering is it ends with man and his image.
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Both accounts are metaphorical and demonstrate how God created the whole universe and the earth started infertile and uninhabited. Both accounts try to teach the origins of mankind.
Moreover, in the Second Account of creation, there are no specified days and things are told differently. Yahweh made man from soil and breathed into him the breath of life. Yahweh also plants garden in Eden. Yahweh is more personified and close. Adam is also giving the task to name the animals, but none are suitable as a mate. Genesis 2:21-22 states “Then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh”. Yahweh builds a rib from the man into a woman and Bone from my bone flesh from my flesh. There is also more interaction with mankind with God’s other creations. The method for this creation story is potter in clay and the ordering is that it starts and ends with
Both accounts are metaphorical and demonstrate how God created the whole universe and the earth started infertile and uninhabited. Both accounts try to teach the origins of mankind.
Moreover, in the Second Account of creation, there are no specified days and things are told differently. Yahweh made man from soil and breathed into him the breath of life. Yahweh also plants garden in Eden. Yahweh is more personified and close. Adam is also giving the task to name the animals, but none are suitable as a mate. Genesis 2:21-22 states “Then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh”. Yahweh builds a rib from the man into a woman and Bone from my bone flesh from my flesh. There is also more interaction with mankind with God’s other creations. The method for this creation story is potter in clay and the ordering is that it starts and ends with