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Genesis 2:4b (the second sentence in verse 4) to 2:25 is the oldest creation account in the Book of Genesis, believed to have been written down by the anonymous source now known as the Yahwist some time around 900 BCE. What is now the first creation account (Genesis 1:1-2:4a) was added centuries later by the Priestly Source, so Genesis 2:4b-2:25 is now called the second creation story, in spite of having been written much earlier.

Superficially, this is the story of creation, but scholars believe it was really written as a moral tale and was probably not intended to be understood as a literal story of creation.


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