2007-09-27 08:35:51 · 14 answers · asked by Meat Bot 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You have to remember that until the Middle Ages, there were no chapters or verses in the Bible.
So, ignore the fact that NOW they're separate chapters. Originally, Genesis was meant to be read as a continuous narrative. That's how it was passed down for many generations before it was written down. And it was told the exact way that the ancient Israelites USUALLY told their stories.
In Genesis 1, an overview of the entire creation is given. Then, in Genesis 2, the narrator goes back and gives a more specific accounting; in this case, the creation of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden. It is not a contradiction, it's two separate accounts. However, from the way it's worded in Genesis 2, it's implied that God had already formed the "beasts" out of the ground.
2007-09-27 08:51:45 · answer #1 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gen.1:1,2; Job 38:30-32; All that had existed ages and ages before the book began to be written.
Gen.1:3-25; Job 38:4-7; Angels called morning stars and sons of God see ages old earth prepared ages.
Gen.1:26; Adam is made in the likeness and image of God and Jesus as
Jesus was the first creation created in the image of God. Col.1:15-17; Rev.3:14; John 17:3,5,24;
At year 2513, O.T. 1110 years, 39 books, many write, done 443 Before Christ.
2007-09-27 15:46:46 · answer #2 · answered by jeni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aaaah. This is good.
This shows the logical side of GOD. This shows that GOD DOESN'T just snap his fingers and make trees and crap just hop up out of the ground. This shows that GOD's masterpiece, the Universe, doesn't run independantly of rational means. I mean, you have to have seeds before you can have plants, right? Of course.
So, for all of you out there that think that the Universe (or even just the Earth) just hopped up from nothing because GOD said so, think again!! This badboy was put together the old fashioned way... piece by piece!!!
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2007-09-27 15:44:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about the creation of mankind (Adam) and the creation Adam (the man in the garden) it is because the word Adam means mankind (ie the people who lived in the land of Nod where Adam's (the man in the Garden) son met and married.
2007-09-27 15:39:47 · answer #4 · answered by mcneiltony 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the bible is a big fairy tale and when they were writing Genesis 2, they were all high on opium and thought it would be funny to make everything in the bible contradictory
2007-09-27 15:40:43 · answer #5 · answered by Donny S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the order of creation is not the information the passages were written to convey. They were both written to convey one message - that God is the origin and Creatort of all things. Both passage convey this truth clearly. Therefore both passages are "true", regardless of any inconsistencies in irrelevant details.
2007-09-27 15:39:55 · answer #6 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Dear meatbeater,
You are confusing Vatican I and II with Genesis I and II.
2007-09-27 15:43:00 · answer #7 · answered by James Bond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One story is Hebrew, the other is Mesopotamian
2007-09-27 15:39:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. Is there a Geneses 2.
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2007-09-27 15:39:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Meat Bot, my dear friend, haven't we already talked about this? It isn't in a different order! Read carefully.
2007-09-27 15:37:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋