The 6 days of Creation.....?

Question

Im doing some Theology work and just wanted to know what God created on each of the 6 days because i found that he created 'the heavens' on the first day and 'heaven' on the second - now im confused - what is the difference? thanks =)

Answer 1

If you really read it there are two different stories there.
First Account (Genesis 1:1-2:3)
Second Account (Genesis 2:4-25)

Genesis 1:25-27
(Humans were created after the other animals.)
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image.... So God created man in his own image.

Genesis 2:18-19
(Humans were created before the other animals.)
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

Genesis 1:27
(The first man and woman were created simultaneously.)
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 2:18-22
(The man was created first, then the animals, then the woman from the man's rib.)
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them.... And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Answer 2

Sorry, can't help you here. From a linguistis point of view, I mean. 'Heaven' in Gen. 1:1 and 1:8 is the same word. Here's what Strong gives:

שׁמה שׁמים
shaw-mah'-yim, shaw-meh'
The second form being dual of an unused singular; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve): - air, X astrologer, heaven (-s).

The thing is, what the same word describes once is not the same as the second. The first "heaven" is, in my opinion, the universe, or maybe the "place" that we describe as God's place, where we will go after we die.
The second "heaven" here is the sky of planet Earth. See for yourself:

Gen 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Gen 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven.

I believe that is quite clear. Don't get stuck in words, English is another language that uses the same word for different contexts to mean different things.You should be able to understand why Hebrew does that too.

Answer 3

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Most believe this is an introductory statement about creation that will be detailed in the account to follow. At this point the earth is still formless and empty, and the assumption is that the heavens are as well.

On day one God creates light and separates it from the darkness. On day two he separates water from sky. On day three he separates the water from dry land and introduces plants. On day four he creates the sun, moon, and stars. There was some source of light before this (vs 3), but God separates the light into distinct bodies to act as signs to mark seasons and days and years (vs.14). On the fifth day he creates birds and fish. On the sixth day he creates animals and other living creatures and mankind. On the 7th day he rests.

Answer 4

Genesis chapter 1:
1 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,
2 the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters.
3 Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

Verses 1 and 2 are an introduction to the following story, almost a title. The first day starts on verse 3.

This would be like saying:

1 In the spring, when my dad built the birdhouse,
2 all the materials were on the workbench.
3 Then Dad got to work.

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

On the first day He created the Heaven. It was all one at that time.
Then He separated the water that covered the earth, He separated the water beneath from the water above. He made and ice water shield over the earth that kept out the harmful rays of the sun (like UV) and between the water He made our atmosphere.
This shield gave us twice the air pressure and oxygen level than we have today (taken from amber) which caused thing to live very long (hundreds of years). Today doctors are using hyperbolic chambers to help heal people.

Answer 6

There are 3 different "heavens" mentioned in the Bible. The "heavens" mentioned as created on the first day was outer space. The "heavens" of the second day was Earth's atmospere, a.k.a. the firmament, or where the birds fly. The third "heaven" is where God lives.

Answer 7

Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Doesn't say how long ago or how long it took.

If you want to know the truth of God's Word on this subject,
write me.

Answer 8

Yom, the Hebrew word translated, "day" in Genesis 1 can mean extended periods of time. You should notice that the bodies whose relative motion determines "days" weren't formed themselves until some time later. Because of this, there is clearly nothing to measure the length of the first day.
Genesis was not written to be a technical description of creation, but a spiritual and theological description. It worked with what the people thought about the earth and related that to God. Any use of it beyond applying to the relationship between God and man denies its true purpose.

Answer 9

The confusion you are experiencing is common when metaphorical works intended to teach us common truths or ideas are interpreted literally. The Xian and Jewish truth of the first chapter is that one God created the world out of nothing (ex nihilo). Nothing existed before this God and without this God nothing can exist. This is the theological foundation of the faiths and is the backbone for all of the other teachings.

Good luck with your studies!

Answer 10

If you read Genesis to find a order of creation or a blueprint to how G-d went about it you miss the whole point of it.