Tuesday, April 6, 2010

[OT] Differences between creation stories of Genesis 1 & 2

Creation focus between Gen 1 & 2 are quite different:
    • Genesis 1 is more speculative, discussing the mystery of the world's existence, which likely appealing to the philosophically oriented
    • Genesis 2 is simpler, more anthropomorphic, more appealing to the masses, more colorful & vivid
    Differences between Genesis 1 / Genesis 2 creation stories
    • 6 days / 1 day for creation (Gen: 2:4)
    • World from a mass of water (Gen 1:2,6-7) / Land comes 1st (Gen: 2:5-6)
    • Sexes created at same time / Man formed 1st
    • Plants on 3rd day before man's creation / Man created before plants & herbs (Gen: 2:5-9)
    • Living creatures created before man / Living creatures created after man, and for his sake (Gen 2:19)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this! it really helped with homework! :)

Clair Barrus said...

:-)