Are There Two Creation Accounts In Genesis? 

I've always assumed that the creation account in Genesis 2 was just a more detailed explanation of the creation of man and thus didn't conflict with Genesis 1.

One of my favorite things about studying the Bible is the constant mirroring effect throughout all of scripture. Amen! So well done.

I stumbled upon this issue after reading Genesis for the second time. It was like someone dropped a boulder on my head. I appreciate this video and in depth explanation.

A quick way to answer this question is to see that Jesus Himself conflated both chapters into one unified story in Matthew 19:4-5: "And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ (quoted from Genesis 1:27) and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? (quoted from Genesis 2:24).

I remember last year I looked at an atheistic website that laid out a bunch of Bible "contradictions" Genesis 1 & 2 pretty much being the main point. The understanding came pretty quickly if you simply take a moment to look closely at the words being stated. As already said in the video, the Bible said Eden was a garden, not the whole world. This misunderstanding also ties into people believing in Lilith, which I think is in Wicca. She was thought to be Adam's first wife in Genesis 1, while Eve was thr second in Genesis 2.

Hey IP, these videos keep getting better and better with more knowledge and strengthening our faith and reliability in the Bible! God bless you and keep doing what you're doing! Do you plan on doing an in-depth analysis of the Book of Revelation? It's my favorite book in the Bible, there are many views about the content of Revelation; no Christian has the same view as another Christian, whether its about the 1,000-year Millenium Kingdom, various symbols throughout the book, and how and when the Rapture will occur. Such a video would be eye-opening!

¡Gracias! I was taught about the two traditions unified, that created two different account of Creation. This is really interesting, and I feel the text turns even more scientifically fit interpreting it that way

I always thought it was so obvious that genesis 2 was an elaboration on day 6 that it seemed ridiculous to even consider the notion they're different, contradictory accounts

I have been telling people for over twenty years now,Go back and read Genesis, there are two different creations. Thanks for updating this point.

Haven't yet seen the video so I am super curious how you put it. The way I read Gen 1 is that it's the Acts of Creation framed in the literary construction of the seven-day week. And then Gen 2 continues not as a second creation account, but as a family history of the earth and human society (in hebrew, a "toledot", not strictly a genealogy). So it seems they are two different literary genres and not attempting to even tell the same thing! Looking forward to your video, love you brother!

Having seen the video, unsurprisingly, I'm impressed at the level of research. I like the focus on Priesthood, it is complementary of John Bergsma's description of Gen 1 as being the creation of the Temple. It is also complementary of Scott Hahn's the Lamb's Supper which presents the Apocalypse of John in addition to being prophetic and a wedding feast as the engagement of the liturgical service though of the Christian tradition. This is an excellent confirmation of a bookend typical of the chiastic structure.

Thank you for the hard to find chapter mirroring and the hidden temple parallels. The Priestly connections. At the end of the day it is a unity.

The hymnic poetry you referenced is the cause of most of the confusion. Great all around video.

Genesis 2 is simply an elaboration, that drills down into more detail as to what transpired. There is similar elaboration done in Revelation 12-14, albeit more of a symbolic synopsis of events from the ancient war in heaven leading up to the outpouring of God's wrath, which many wrongly assume is placed in chronological order in the book and leads to much misunderstanding about the order of end-time events.

The quote at 21:26 absolutely blew my mind 🤯🤯🤯 praise God

Genesis 1 is God's account of His creation week to Adam. He uses inhuman language such as 'the great light, the lesser light'. It's both a poetic and a technical description. Genesis 2 is Adam's account of creation, from the perspective of his first observations, so the creation of the Garden of Eden and of his wife. The description is much smaller in scope and more personal. This was combined with later knowledge his family gained such as what kind of resources can be found along the 4 rivers. It looks like 1 river was poorly explored at the time of writing. It was written before the flood as it implied the current presence of the rivers, but those were destroyed in the Flood. His family kept writing their history, and this was later edited together by Moses.

I always have taken the second part as the specific man Adam. Because adam means man then there is the specific man with the name Adam. Just like there are angels, angles of the lord and THE Angel of the Lord which is a singled out and specific being with specific duties and purpose when it appears. It appears While there have been many other humans God always singles out specific people, bloodlines and race, and places to carry out his will.

Great work, brother. Keep up the good work. I'll be using this video for my specific video on this topic.

Great work IP. I've never heard this put together in this way. It was really an eye opener. How do I get the notes?

Would love to see your analysis on the two trees. Really liked this video.

The actual text of Scripture reads so much more comfortable this way when taking on this view/understanding/intention if its words than that of the traditional teaching. Thank you for being so clear and concise in what is obviously your well researched understanding of the text!

Excellent video, brother.

May God bless you for expounding on the word of God.

So it's like everything about the tabernacle, the priesthood and all the things mentioned in the later half of Exodus and in Leviticus were all made to reflect the garden of Eden where everything was perfect which reflects God's plan to restore us all back to "Eden". And even more amazing is how everything in the OT was a shadow of Christ to come. It's truly amazing how deep God's word is below the surface of the words themselves. Like the ocean which seems so plain on the surface, yet we can only dream of reaching the deepest depths knowing everything about the ocean. Or like space, which seems so dark and empty but to the watchful eye there is so much to discover and explore.

This video really resonated with me I really liked the idea of the creation week being a dedication ceremony for the planet. God was ready to begin a work that was a long long time in the making and now the planet needed to be consecrated.

Isaiah 45:7 (KJV) does a 'contrast' between light and dark, peace and evil. These (2) accounts are separated in the same way - one with man 'created' and the other as 'formed'. Note also the change from using the term 'God' to 'LORD GOD'.

I’ve said this for many years and people looked at me like I had 7 heads. Ahhhh….finally!

If you are Christian why do you choose the BCE style over the BC style of dating in your videos? Just curious.

The LORD created the world first! Then He takes Man and puts him in an isolated area,where he makes everything again... , that's where Adam named every Animal & trees.. that isolated area is called "The Garden Of Eden". Adam witnessed God create everything in the Garden. Now thats why the devil went to tempt Eve, because she didn't see God create anything. Therefore she was easier to tempt. the Devil is one sly serpent, he knew he couldn't tempt Adam, because Adam witnessed God create everything in the Garden, so he tempted the one thing Adam longed for, which was his wife Eve. Blessed are those who have not seen, yet they believe!

Great video, brother! Although I don't always agree with your conclusions, I sure am glad you're on our (Christian) side. I know your schedule is full, so these videos mean a lot to those of us who don't do it for a living. Well done! Also, at 16:23, you say Lev 12:16, when it's supposed to be 26:12.

It says plants of the field meaning farming plants. It even says that there are no plants of the FIELD because there is no one to till the ground. Then when it talks about God creating plants, trees and animals it says that he is doing all that for this garden he is making (Garden of Eden) not the whole world. If I start making a garden and I plant a bush, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t already bushes in the world. Hope this helps everyone. I haven’t watched the whole video yet so he may say this.

Why is be fruitful and multiply mentioned twice in chapter one and not again .Why is it not mentioned in the origin statements of Jesus and Paul in the new testament. Gen 1: 22 and Vs 28 .Does it mean the same thing?

I'm so confused how can someone say Genesis 2 is a second creation account. It's blatantly obvious genesis to is a detailed account of day 6. Am I miss something?

6:39 Personally I think interpreting the qualification "plant of the field" as narrowing the plants described to cultivated plants ignores the connotation of the hebrew terms used. The same hebrew word for plant, "עֵ֚שֶׂב," which generally means something like "grass" is used to describe the plants which were described as sprouting in Genesis 1:12. As a side note, the verb used in that verse is "תּוֹצֵ֨א" which in its literal meaning means "to go out" or "to cause to go out of something" which one would expect to mean that the plants fully emerged from the ground. And considering the fact that the hebrew word "שָּׂדֶה֙" used in this context is used specifically to connote a wild or untamed field in Genesis 25:27 , as opposed to a cultivated field, also makes me skeptical that there is no contradiction between these accounts according to the simple understanding of the original hebrew words. Other than that, pretty interesting video.

The 6th day and the 8th day creations. Shepherd's Chapel explains it best.

My religion teacher taught my class that the first account showed God far away and the second account has God here with us

Gen 1 is clearly a poem, with the first sentence rhyming (in hebrew), and the clear emphasis on 7. Gen 1 is briljant, the text is inexhaustible.

Hey I love ur vids, IP! Could you make one on the Spanish inqusition and what they were really like? Or maybe the witch trials? Anyway keep ‘em coming!

Could you list the books and resources mentioned in the video? Thank you for another prospective God bless brother!!!

Hey, IP. Love your videos, but i was just wondering how the people before the fall of adam and eve were saved if they were at all. I do believe that people were before adam and eve. I am just confused on how not counting their sin works with salvation for them since they did sin. It has been on my mind. Just want to know your answer. Thank you for your channel, God bless you. If anyone else has an answer would love to know. Thank you. I know this isn't what the video is about, but I had a question. But this video was very good.

Understanding is for God to give . Belief is for man to please Him. If you must understand before you can believe, you close youre heart to Faith. Do not lean on your own Understanding, says The Lord . For without faith it is impossible to please God . Preachers teach ideas and knowledge to impress their audiences. But it is a quiet heart that God visits, not the proud mind or the clever word. Understanding is a Gift not a Tower .

Chapter 2 never mentions creation. It only mentions formation. God creates everything in chapter one but he forms the body of the created things in chapter 2.

Thanks for this. Good information

True to the character of God, the two accounts of Creation are complementary and not contradictory. In Genesis 1:26, “God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” which is Spirit, eternal - for God is Spirit (John 4:24) and those joined to/united with God are one in Spirit with Him (1 Corinthians 6:17, Romans 8:14). In Genesis 2:7, “The Lord God formed man of the dust on the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” - thus, man as body and soul, mortal. It’s pieces of a puzzle, but this might make sense to those who see and hear. And so, await the blessed hope and trust in the Word! ☺️

I've literally been pointing this out for the past 20+ years

There is an alternative to the Documentary Hypothesis which goes in the opposite direction. The Wiseman Hypothesis suggests that rather than Genesis being a late gathering of traditions a long time after Moses, Moses himself compiled Genesis out of multiple accounts, which can be identified by a pattern of toledoths. In this model, Genesis 1 and 2 are indeed written by different authors, and these authors are God and Adam. Additionally, the transition is not where our modern Bible start chapter 2. Rather, Adam's account begins in 2:4. Whether Genesis is a compilation or all written by Moses, however, there is no contradiction between the order of 1 and 2 if, as the video points out, chapter 2 is focused on a specific geographical area with a special purpose focused around man, with 2:4-6 being an introductory summary of the setting. As for the mirroring, if Genesis is true, then Genesis does not need a single human author. Mirroring is inherent in history because God is real, and authors inspired by the Holy Spirit will focus on such elements. That is why the same patterns show up through the entirety of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, not just internally with the books of Moses. Now, if it is the case that Genesis predates Moses and that it is an accurate account of creation, that has interesting implications about the similarities in narrative structure to myths in the surrounding culture. The Documentary Hypothesis attempts to claim that Genesis is based on pagan stories, but what if it is the other way around? What if the Egyptians and Babylonians and such had corrupted versions of Genesis?

*the enigma of creation* i learned so many new things from this video which are truly fascinating, especially the garden which has similarities with the temple i've been fascinated with the creation account 'coz it's the beginning of everything and why we are in the state of flux right now the creation narrative may appear so simple, yet upon deeper investigation, it's as complex as the universe itself a few of the most boggling questions that i had were about the source of light in the creation process, the source of water and why our planet has an abundant "liquified" (not solid) form of water, what's the significance of a male rib (does it contain abundant stem cells), and why adam & eve did not die "immediately" after touching & eating the forbidden fruit actually, i knew some of the answers but it's still not as solidly convincing as i would like it to be

Beautiful examination of the Paradisal Eden and the Tabernacle!!

Hey IP. I have a question. I’ve seen your videos on evolution, and I have to say I have no problem with the possibility of that being God’s method of creation, but where do you fit Adam and Eve into all of that?

when we see a film we see subtitles at the start telling us the general facts of the war, then the film shows us some particular character or groups' experience.

Apparently the garden of eden was done separately, on the sixth day, after the general creation, including the individual human Adam. Genesis 2 is a micropicture of Eden being specially created as man's intended first home, likely to be expanded as time went by.

The first couple of Genesis 1 are commanded to multiply. BUT THE Couple in Genesis Chapter 2 are created to watch the Garden of Eden

Wonderful banger by IP!

This is excellent work and is precise n why I am old creationist

Intertextuality! This sounds a bit like the book "Before Abraham Was", which points out a structure repeating at different hierarchical levels of the Torah, suggesting an intentional unity. There's a depth there that I had never seen.

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In the first creation story man was created to have dominion over the earth but in the second creation story, man was created to tend to the garden in Eden.

Have viewed this as God spoke [ ch 1 ] and The Lord [ Jesus ] brought manifestation. He is the word that was with God is God. All things were made by HIM & without him was not anything made. But had not yet seen the garden as the image of the temple. THANK YOU !

It is but not a contradiction God made everything then something happen in gen1 2 where it almost seems like that's when the devil fail and the earth when dark and then God did it over I think let me know what yall think

This isn't an area anyone, who reads AND UNDERSTANDS what they read, feels this is separate events. Chapter 2 backtracks a bit...however, it does NOT state plants come after man; in fact, it specifically points out the plant life was during a time BEFORE creation of man. Chap 2 provides specifics and details of what was mentioned in Chap 1 ; this is done because creation of man is so important, God wants us to have a great appreciation for our relationship with God at the beginning, the fall of Man, and God's work to fix it. You have to twist what the Bible is saying to divide chapters 1 and 2.

Fantastic video as usual. I have always accepted that Genesis has had some editing, especially the Moses parts. The cyclical nature of early genesis is not a cut and paste of any ancient document. It could be a new take on them, as it follows in line with other sources. That still leaves open that they all could be from an earlier source, that generated them.

I wonder, IP, if Catherine L McDowell has experienced any backlash, from those against God's definition of marriage, regarding her allusion to "the unique relationship between male and female." Then again perhaps they are busy reading other genres...

Great explanation. I have always tried to explain that the 7 days of Genesis 1 are not 7x24hrs. A day is not defined as 24hrs but rather as the time it takes for the earth to revolve around its axis. As initially, the earth was void and without form, we do not know how long it took to form and rotate once. This is supported by science

I don't have enough room to fully explain this here. This requires a lot of study. Cain said to God that he was worried that someone he ran into, while exiled, might kill him. God appears to acknowledge that more people did exist. This might mean that the story of Adam is just the story of the human who went wrong. God seems to have created a lot of other people in chapter 1 and chapter 2 is only about the one who sinned. Where are these other people today? It might be that the 24 elders of Revelation are some of them. This topic requires more study than I can explain in a RU-vid comment.

So basically the difference between Elohim and Yahweh is that Elohim is God's professional name, while Yahweh is God's casual name.

Genesis 1 to 2:3 are verses belonging to the evenings and nights of creation, whereas the rest of Genesis 2 are the verses belonging to the seven mornings and days. Moreover - the verses of 1-2 have been arranaged according to an alphanumeric order, so the hypothesis that the first two chapters stem from two different sources is demonstrably false. I've blogged about this with the Times of Israel if anyone is interested in learning more.

What if they're both right and the first account is telling about the creation of the world and humankind. But the second one is a story of the creation of the garden of eden and the creation of Adam first. He breathe his life force Into Adam. Then a time later he made eve from Adam asking them half of a whole being. Being imbued with God's life force. Separated from the world in the garden of eden. Thus being the "Apple of gods eye". And they were separated from the other hominids for a time. Until they got kicked out of the garden. And their sons went and found wives from the other hominids not imbued with gods life force. But when Jesus died for our sins then even gentiles could achieve gods life force

Chapter 1 of Genesis tells the story of the creation of all things. Chapter 2 of Genesis up until Jesus said “It is finished” on the cross, as Paul Harvey would say “is the rest of the story” detailing how the work in man & the creation of the final image and likeness, was finished by the cross. Adam was never finished, how could God have said “the man HAS BECOME like one of us”, if he was already completed in “his likeness”? Then on the day he ate he became UNLIKE HIM again, by dying or becoming a mortal. He NEVER possesses the mind of God & immortality, simultaneously. And that is the key to understanding the WHOLE story of man’s finishing, and why Paul says the ONLY thing that counts is a New Creation IN CHRIST, because he wanted to be found IN HIM. After all, if Christ is the image of the invisible God, then we MUST be made a “New Creation in Christ”, “created to be LIKE GOD in true righteousness & holiness”. We have to be clothed by Christ, so we are not found to be “NAKED”, to become like him, because he is “the image of the invisible God”. Let US make man…the Father AND the Son, for “all things were made through him”. He is the Supreme and has all supremacy. THIS IS WHAT WAS “FINISHED”. If anyone is in Christ they are a NEW CREATION. If Adam was finished on day 6 in Chapter 1 or when he was brought INTO the Garden/ Paradise in Chapter 2, why did Jesus say he came to FINISH his Father’s work and that “my Father is at his work until this very day”? (John 4 & John 5) What part of Creation was left to finish if it wasn’t IN man? Was the cross for the land, sea, plants, animals, fish of the sea or birds of the air? No! It was for man’s iniquities & completing. He not only took way our sins and bore our iniquities, but he makes us new and transforms us into the image of himself! If the story of creation on day 6 was FINISHED, what then is a NEW CREATION? Think about it, he finished the beginning. The Alpha and Omega. He Omega’d the Alpha.

isn't that just great they go to all the bother of writing two creation accounts and then neither of them turns out to be right. I just hate it when that happens!

Great video as always. Also, can you make a video on preterism, unless you made one already. I'm quite confused about it and would like your opinions if you have any.

Another expertly crafted and informative journey through an important part of our history with the Creator. Thank you my friend for your teachings.

Genesis 1 is the spiritual creation And Genesis 2 is the temporal creation as there are two creations. Spiritual and physical.

I'll be watching. I have heard, and believe in, the 6th day and what is called the 8th day creation, but I'm curious what your thoughts are. I'm sure you'll point me toward some new ideas I haven't considered.

There are 2 accounts of creation in genesis.Gensis 1 of the Creation accounts has both male and female being made and told to subdue the earth. Genesis 2 of the creations accounts has Adam by himself to tend the garden. We know for a fact that they are 2 different accounts because we have the genealogies from Immanuel they call Jesus to Adam it was said to be the son of god. Immanuel only begotten and Adam the created son. No other families genealogies are present in them. Only the bloodline. Still all written by Moshe!

What a golden nugget of a biblical creation themed video. Thank you 🙏

The luminaries were placed inside the firmament. Not outside. The planetary idea is not biblical

Many sceptics have claimed contradictions between the account in Genesis chapters 1 and 2, or that they were written by different authors; people who make these claims with little or no evidence to support them. There are essentially two claims of contradiction between Genesis 1 and 2 as follows: 1 - PLANT LIFE The first claimed contradiction relates to the description in both accounts of the creation of plant life. Genesis 1:11 records that God created vegetation on the third day before the creation of man: Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. Genesis 2:5 states that God created man: “…before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground”. So which account is correct? Did God create vegetation on the third day before He created man as recorded in Genesis 1, or after He created man as is seemingly suggested in Genesis 2? The answer is very simple and is rooted in the fact that the English language is sometimes insufficient and inadequate in its depth to properly express and translate the original Hebrew (a real problem for those Christians who claim the 1611 King James Bible takes precedence over the original languages used in the Bible). The Hebrew words for vegetation used in Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 are different and mean different types of vegetation; some Bible versions deal with this better than others. Genesis 1:11 uses a Hebrew term referring to vegetation in general, whereas Genesis 2:5 uses a more specific Hebrew term referring to vegetation requiring cultivation (i.e. a person to care and tend to it). Genesis 1 is referring to God creating vegetation not requiring cultivation before He created Adam, and Genesis 2 is referring to God creating vegetation that did require cultivation (farming) after He had created the first farmer (Adam); why would God create plant life that required farming before He had created the first farmer? The New King James Version quoted above does use different English terms to describe vegetation in Genesis 1:11 and Genesis 2:5, but still falls short of the intended meaning found in the original Hebrew. 2 - ANIMAL LIFE The second claimed contradiction relates to animal life. Genesis 1:24-25 records God creating animal life on the sixth day, before He created Adam, whereas most translations of Genesis 2:19 seems to suggest that God created animals after. For example, the New International Version of Genesis 2:19-20 says: “Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals”. It has been claimed that the above passage (in some translations such as the NIV) says that God created Adam first, then the animals and then brought the animals to Adam for him to name them. But the text does not say that; read in context even in a poor version like the NIV Verse 19 says: “Now the LORD God had [already] formed out of the ground all the wild animals…” On the sixth day, God created the animals, then created man, and then brought the animals to Adam to name. There are no contradictions between the creation accounts of Genesis 1 and 2, and one author wrote both accounts - Moses. Genesis 1 is the account of God creating the universe and life on earth in chronological order during a period of six literal days, whereas Genesis 2 is an expanded account of the events that occurred at the end of the sixth day, when God created Adam. Other than the fact that Adam was created in God’s image, Genesis 1 provides very little detail of the creation of Adam. For a book dedicated to introducing the relationship between God and man - the pinnacle of God’s creation - the information provided in just four verses in Genesis 1 is not much at all. This is because Genesis 1 was never intended to be set apart from Genesis 2 and 3 in the way that it has been by the subsequent inclusion of chapter and verse separations. In Genesis 2 the author (Moses) provides greater detail about the creation of man. He uses a common literary device describing an event from the general to the specific; he first describes the sequence of creation, and then clarifies the most important details (especially of the sixth day). Whilst it is understood and acknowledged that Genesis to Deuteronomy in their present form were compiled during the Jewish exile in Babylon, it is widely accepted in Jewish tradition that Moses wrote the content of the first five books of the Old Testament, known as the Torah, but also often referred to in Scripture as the Law (with the obvious exception of the account of Moses’ own death, which was most likely written by Joshua).

Hi Inspiring, Beautiful and consistent analysis, as always. Your videos are uniformly excellent, informative, and thought provoking. I note two areas of divergence in my thinking on Genesis. First, I accept the complementarity of Gn 1 and Gn 2 but I see no evidence supporting the notion of the invalidity of the Documentary Hypothesis. I accept the congruity of Gn 1 and Gn 2 but I also believe the Documentary Hypothesis is valid and useful in understanding the Tanakh, and especially Genesis; I am not alone in this regard. Second, I feel the Temple allusions are at best tenuous. You devote a good chunk of time to the 6 + 1 days of Creation, explaining the seven days as a definite marker for the Temple-related use of a seven-day cycle. But strong evidence supports the idea that Babylonians were first to institute a seven-day week, and only later did the ancient Hebrews adopt this metering of time. Likewise, the importance of an eastern orientation of temples and ritual constructions and events goes back to prehistoric times and is not limited to any particular culture or religious tradition. Stonehenge was constructed before the time of Abraham but counts sunrise so important that it is perfectly oriented to the summer solstice. I somehow doubt that Abraham or, generations later, any of the sons of Levi made an emergency trip to England to be sure Stonehenge was properly oriented toward the east. Sunrise, and especially the equinoxes and the solstices were important to agriculture long before priests came along and reinterpreted the importance of sunrise and seasonal observations. PM 2024

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There is a book coming out next year that explains many things. The two accounts of creation are written as parables. The first account describes the physical creation with man as the pinnacle of that creation. This is due to the development of our brain which gave us the ability for imagination. This allowed us to come to the knowledge of an invisible spiritual God. The second account of creation describes Gods revelation of himself to man and the beginning of our spiritual development. We are still in this process of creation and spiritual development which does not end until the lord declares it is done in revelation 21:6. We are now in the times of the gentiles. After this then shall the holy city and government of God and the kingdom shall begin.

How I reconciled this is the God created all the people in the first event and then Adam and Eve were a special project. Who else would Cain be afraid of when he was bannished.

Yes, they are contradicting, so they are different.

This is why I can’t get behind the Bible. There are far too many different versions of it, too many revisions, it’s been omitted, translated, added to, repeated again over the years, divided into different versions for us not only to decide which ones we want to follow, but it’s also up for individual interpretation to suit our beliefs and all are completely valid….some how….even when they’re so completely different and or completely contradict each other.

Excellent presentation, Thank you

Or it could be the first account of creation refers to the creation of man in spiritual form while the second account refers to spiritual man's materialization and thus becoming physical.

I love the videos with instrumentals

This is a great analysis. The seventy invocations of God is a fantastic piece of evidence, that's really convincing. I'm curious if you can do similar work for the stories where the appearance of a dual tradition is obvious - especially the story of Joseph and the story of the Ten Commandments.

It's more that the Aaronic priestly system was given to call back to Eden, no? Great comparisons between the two nonetheless. Regarding the pattern of an 8 day period, there is a NT parallel example of Jesus' final week which begins on Palm Sunday (Day 1) and concludes in His death on Friday (Day 6) followed by rest (Day 7), only to begin again with a new week on Resurrection Sunday (Easter). One notable linguistic parallel is also interesting. The Greek term for finished in John 19:30 contains the same root (Teleo) as the LXX of Genesis 2:1. The terms in both places mean the same thing--to complete or accomplish.

They don't appear different they are different

there was not but one creation, the father is explaining in chapter 1,the order of his creation, he created man and woman last, you notice in chapter 2,he tells us, in verse 1,thus the heavens and earth were finished, and all the hosts of them, (every thing he had made, and their order in chapter one, now when he was revealing all to moses what to write moses was writing it as the father was telling him what he had done, since their was no one to witness what happened but him, there was no chapters, you also notice in chapter 2,after the father finished all his works, he rested from all his works he had,( already created,made, he also went in to explain to moses, these are the generations of the heavens and the earth, when they were created when the lord God made the earth and heavens, showing what he had done in chapter one,you notice the father said and every plant of the field, before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field, before it grew, he was showing the reason he spoke all things into existence first, because he had to fix all things, to reproduce it self, there was no rain to cause the plants to grow, so after he had spoke them into existence, he set it up wherein it would rain upon the earth, for these things to reproduce themselves, in chapter one he just told moses that the created man and woman, chapter 2,he takes us in deeper details of how it happened and how he made woman, for him, and married, them, he showed he himself created first, and then set it up, where every thing he made could reproduce themselves, make females, to produce, a race of other Male and females, same with the animal kingdom, birds, sea creatures and all things he made, one creation 1st, by him, then a reproductive system. my father is the wisest of the wise, there is none, nor ever will be like him, these things are a mystery to those who don't know him, only reveals to his chosen vessels.

It's all fairy tales

To imply that the Garden is a figure of the Temple is to read something into the scriptures. It's fun to do as long as you don't hang any doctrines or dogma on it. When that happens then you proceed down the road to Catholicism or worse - Islam or Mormonism.

Hello , personnally , I think there might be 2 creations . If not so , how could Cain find a wife ? ( Genesis 4: 16- 17 )

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik wrote The Lonely Man of Faith, a theological study showing how the two creation accounts are intended to complement each other.

If proponents of the documentary hypothesis admit that content from JEDP sources have been harmonized, that would render the theory as meaningless speculation. The supposed disharmony was both the reason that the theory existed and the evidence that it may be true.

There are absolutely two accounts. ISAIAH 45:I8- GENESIS I:2 Which one is it?

Gen 1&2 are totally different stories Gen1 have man and woman at same time upon earth and given earthly dominion gen2 man comes 1st followed much later by creation of woman in a preserve or garden Also gen2 man restricted to not eat of treeof knowledge good and evil Genesis 2:16-17 KJV And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: [17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Gen 1 man given permission to eat every thing. Genesis 1:29 KJV And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

my question is a bit more complex. #1. two creation accounts. 1 is for gentiles and sent out into the world to procreate and then Adam and Eve are made and they still don't know about having to procreate until the fall of Adam. This is why, Jesus is referred to as the Second Adam and why it is written, He cam to his own (jews by way of Adam) and they rejected Him. It also implies that God created Adam and Eve on day 8th or day 1 of the new week and the rest of Scripture takes over from that point. The other is #2. If all of creation is done in 6 days and God rested in the 7th day. Does scripture then returns to day 6 to give us more detail about creation of humanity by way of Adam and Eve? if so, this implies that all of scripture from Genesis to Revelation is still day 6 and the 7th day is to come. PLEASE HELP WITH MY IGNORANCE AND LACK OF UNDERSTANDING.

It has always seemed to be the first account was a pre-mortal creation, the next was a physical creation.

So what happened to the woman who was created in Genesis 1:27 and told to go an procreate alongside Adam