Why does Genesis 1 & 2 have two different creation stories? The writer couldn't make up his mind?

Answer 1

It's an interesting writing technique called a "flashback". It isn't a separate creation account, but a more in depth account of the creation of man.

Answer 2

--God can't have his style of authorship or can't he summerize the presentation through his biographers of the 7 days of creation in Chapt 1 and then get more specific in his creation of Adam & Eve, in Chapter 2?

--DON'T YOU give the benefit of the doubt to writers of non-fiction when they might choose to present material in different kinds of style?

--COMMENTARY:

*** gm chap. 7 pp. 94-95 pars. 17-18 Does the Bible Contradict Itself? ***

17 Additionally, the way a narrative is constructed can lead to an apparent contradiction. At Genesis 1:24-26, the Bible indicates that the animals were created before man. But at Genesis 2:7, 19, 20, it seems to say that man was created before the animals. Why the discrepancy? Because the two accounts of the creation discuss it from two different viewpoints. The first describes the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them. (Genesis 1:1–2:4) The second concentrates on the creation of the human race and its fall into sin.—Genesis 2:5–4:26.
--18 The first account is constructed chronologically, divided into six consecutive “days.” The second is written in order of topical importance. After a short prologue, it logically goes straight to the creation of Adam, since he and his family are the subject of what follows. (Genesis 2:7) Other information is then introduced as needed. We learn that after his creation Adam was to live in a garden in Eden. So the planting of the garden of Eden is now mentioned. (Genesis 2:8, 9, 15) Jehovah tells Adam to name “every wild beast of the field and every flying creature of the heavens.” Now, then, is the time to mention that “Jehovah God was forming from the ground” all these creatures, although their creation began long before Adam appeared on the scene.—Genesis 2:19; 1:20, 24, 26.

Answer 3

The books were written by different people and then edited and modified over hundreds of years by still more people.

It's sad, isn't it ???

Answer 4

No. The first account is chronological and the second one is an overview.

Answer 5

I see the first two answered already. Yes, that's correct.
It's a common misconception there are two.

Answer 6

Its cause he COULD make up his mind

Answer 7

repetition....the best form of teaching