Where are the 2 creation stories in Genesis?

Answer 1

There are more than 3 stories in Genesis, but here are three:

The story of Creation. (Genesis 1.1 to 5.32)

The story of the Flood. (Genesis 6.1 to 10.32)

The story of Joseph and his family. (Genesis 37.1 to 50.26)

Answer 2

First, there are two creation stories in Genesis: (1) verses 1:1 to 2:4a; (2) 2:4b to 2:22. The first of these (1:1-2:4a) is recognised by scholars as the work of the Priestly (P) source, based on a Mesopotamian myth encountered by the Jews in Babylon. So, the creation account that has the world created in six days, which every Christian learns as a child, did not even exist prior to the sixth century BCE. The second account (2:4b-2:22) predated the other in Judaism but was never considered important, except for the creation of Adam, then later Eve. A summary follows, in order to show that these are really two quite separate accounts:

In Genesis 1:1 to 2:4a ( up to first sentence of 2:4) there was a pre-existing watery chaos. The ocean was already present and a wind moved across the surface. The seas rested on the dry land, which appeared on day 3 when God gathered the waters together. The order of creation was as follows:

(Day 1) light [day]; (2) the firmament, which was believed to separate the waters of the heavens from the lower waters; (3) By gathering the lower waters in one place the land appeared. Grasses and trees; (4) sun; moon and stars - the lights in the firmament; (5) fish, land creatures and fowl; (6) man, both male and female. Notice that the light of day was not yet understood to have originated from the sun, although the sun was universally understood to rule the day. That is why it was possible to have grass and trees before the sun was created.

Genesis 2:4b to 2:15 says that there was pre-existing dry land, but God had yet to make it rain for plants to grow. A spring arose and God took some moist clay and made Adam. After Adam, he made the creatures of earth, one by one, then finally Eve. This account could scarcely be different from the previous version.

It may seem surprising that, in both creation stories, the basics were already there - the waters, the dry land, the wind and therefore the air. Many experts in Hebrew have carefully examined the texts and confirm that this is what they say. These biblical creations were not ex nihilo. And the first-century Jewish philosopher, Philo, insisted that the creation was an allegory: "To think that it means that God planted vines, or olive trees, or apple trees, or pomegranates, or any trees of such kinds, is mere incurable folly."

Fragments of references to chaos-creation stories can be found in Psalms, where God defeated the many-headed Leviathan, and in Job. Job 41:25 says even the other gods (KJV: The mighty) fear Leviathan.

Answer

The story of creation sees God creating everything, and takes place over seven days. There has been some speculation as to whether or not these days actually represent years, hundreds of years or thousands of years, among other durations. The seven days of creation included the formation by God of the following things:

• On the first day, God created light. Prior to the creation of light there was just darkness, so there was now lightness and darkness.

• On the 2nd day, God created the sky and water. There was water beneath the sky, on the earth, and there was water above the sky, which is kinda like our ozone layer today.

• On the third day, God created the dry lands. The dry lands were named earth, and the collection of water beneath the sky on the earth was named the sea. We now have several seas of differing names.

• On the 4th day, God created the sun, the moons and the stars. Because the sun, the moons and the stars were now in existence, there was now night and day, years and seasons.

• On the fifth day, God created creatures to survive underwater and animals to survive in the air. We now know these animals and creatures as birds and fish.

• On the sixth day, God created the animals to fill the dry earth, including the first human man and the first human woman. Man and woman were created to look after the earth and everything on it. They were also there to bring praises and rejoicing to God.

• On the final and seventh day, God relaxed. He saw that all He had created was good, and blessed His works. The reasoning for why a lot of people see Sunday as the day they like to relax is because of God resting on the last day.

Evolution is the opposition to creation. While creation is supernatural, evolution is basd on natural sciences...

Answer 3

There are literally thousands of different creation stories. Different cultures and religions have different stories, although many of them tend to have common themes. It is impossible to list them all.

Answer 4

It is true that some believe the Genesis account is composed of two stories which are found in Genesis 1 fully and the first four verses of Genesis 2 ending with the first sentence within verse 4 usually listed as Genesis 2:4a. However, there are also some who do not believe this which is a typical divide with many issues we humans interpret while there is no one who could be an eyewitness to the actual events we are interpreting.

Generally speaking then, Genesis 1, presents God's acts of creation in outline fashion. The intent is to provide a panoramic view of God's creative activity - as if the readers themselves are standing in the midst of it all happening. The creation of man occurs on the sixth day, but there is nothing stated about the manner of God's pinnacle of His physical creation or how the creation of men and women are related in time or nature. Hence in Genesis 2, God's specific acts in creating man are detailed, thus providing a focus on the events of the sixth day. There is no difference in the sequencing of the events of the creation days, only an expansion of the details of the central creature - man on the sixth day.

This one story told from two different perspectives - the latter being that of Adam himself - were passed down through the 'line of righteousness' to Lamech (Father of Noah lived 777 years) and Noah from the possible lips of Adam personally - Adam lived for 930 years and into the early life of Noah. After the worldwide flood, Noah (lives 950 years) passes this eyewitness information over to his son Shem (lived 600 years to the early life of Jacob) etc. However, there is evidence that Noah may have lived 39 years himself with Abram (Abraham) before he dies. (see Apocryphal Book of Jasher (at least 5 copies exists) which is mentioned in Joshua 10:13 and 1 Samuel 1:18 - see Chapter 9:1-5). Interestingly, the Hebrew Book of Jasher printed in 1613 and called 'Sepir Ha Yasher' which translates to "The Book of the Upright or Correct Record").

If the above is indicative of how ancient events were transmitted by word of mouth and clay tablets maintaining the 'chain of custody', then the genealogies of the Patriarchs would show the line of Righteousness ending with Jacob's son Joseph in Egypt until the rise of Moses who is most often credited with writing/codifying the first five books of The Bible and placing them in the Ark of the Covenant. This transmission then would have limited changes in the person telling the original story which would increase its accuracy.

Answer 5

The patriarchs - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.

Additonal Comment:

Genesis begins with the re-creation account of the world, the physical creation of life as we know it today, the fall of man in the Garden, the antediluvian 'apostasy' which led to the global Flood and Noah's family survival. The 'genealogy of the Nations,' Abram and continues onward with his descendants.

Answer 6

There are 3 biblical sources of creation stories: two in Genesis (1:1-2:4a; 2:4b-2:15) and a fragmentary one in Psalms and Job.
In Genesis 1:1 to 2:4a ( up to first sentence of 2:4) there was a pre-existing watery chaos. The ocean was already present and a wind moved across the surface. The seas rested on the dry land, which appeared on day 3 when God gathered the waters together. The order of creation was as follows:

(Day 1) light (day); (2) the firmament, which was believed to separate the waters of the heavens from the lower waters; (3) By gathering the lower waters in one place the land appeared. Grasses and trees; (4) sun; moon and stars - the lights in the firmament; (5) fish, land creatures and fowl; (6) man, both male and female. Notice that the light of day was not yet understood to have originated from the sun, although the sun was universally understood to rule the day. That is why it was possible to have grass and trees before the sun was created.

Genesis 2:4b to 2:15 is actually the older account in the Judaic religion and says that there was pre-existing dry land, but Yahweh had yet to make it rain for plants to grow. A spring arose and God took some moist clay and made Adam.
The King James Version contains a translation that is so obscure that few probably try to understand it fully. However, there are clearer translations that are also closer to the original Hebrew, one being the (Catholic) New American Bible which provides a clearer translation of the original Hebrew verses 2:4-6:

Such is the story of the heavens and the earth at their creation. At the time when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens - while as yet there was no field shrub on earth and no grass of the field had sprouted, for the LORD God had sent no rain upon the earth and there was no man to till the soil, but a stream was welling up out of the earth and was watering all the surface of the ground ...

The order of creation in the second creation story is that God made man before he created the creatures in his domain. There is no mention at all of God creating the sun, moon and stars.
Many Christians accept the first creation story for creation of the world except for the creation of man, then accept only the account of the creation of man (Adam) that is found in the second story. Other Christians are comfortable in recognising the creation accounts as not literally true and accept that it is not necessary to believe them literally to be a practising Christian.

More information can be found in Anchor Bible Series: Genesis (Speiser) and Middle Eastern Mythology (Hooke). Also, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation

Answer 7

The first creation story is from Genesis 1:1 to the first sentence of Genesis 2:4 (generally referred to as Genesis 2:4a). This is considered to have been written by the Priestly source, based on an earlier Mesopotamian creation myth.

The second creation story is from the second sentence of Genesis 2:4 (referred to as Genesis 2:4b) to Genesis 2:25. This is considered to have been written by the Yahwist source and is actually older in Judaism than the first story.

For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation

Answer 8

First, there are two creation stories in Genesis: (1) verses 1:1 to 2:4a; (2) 2:4b to 2:22. The first of these (1:1-2:4a) is recognised by scholars as the work of the Priestly (P) source, based on a Mesopotamian myth encountered by the Jews in Babylon. So, the creation account that has the world created in six days, which every Christian learns as a child, did not even exist prior to the sixth century BCE. The second account (2:4b-2:22) predated the other in Judaism but was never considered important, except for the creation of Adam, then later Eve. A summary follows, in order to show that these are really two quite separate accounts:

In Genesis 1:1 to 2:4a ( up to first sentence of 2:4) there was a pre-existing watery chaos. The ocean was already present and a wind moved across the surface. The seas rested on the dry land, which appeared on day 3 when God gathered the waters together. The order of creation was as follows:

(Day 1) light [day]; (2) the firmament, which was believed to separate the waters of the heavens from the lower waters; (3) By gathering the lower waters in one place the land appeared. Grasses and trees; (4) sun; moon and stars - the lights in the firmament; (5) fish, land creatures and fowl; (6) man, both male and female. Notice that the light of day was not yet understood to have originated from the sun, although the sun was universally understood to rule the day. That is why it was possible to have grass and trees before the sun was created.
Genesis 2:4b to 2:15 says that there was pre-existing dry land, but God had yet to make it rain for plants to grow. A spring arose and God took some moist clay and made Adam. After Adam, he made the creatures of earth, one by one, then finally Eve. This account could scarcely be different from the previous version.

It may seem surprising that, in both creation stories, the basics were already there - the waters, the dry land, the wind and therefore the air. Many experts in Hebrew have carefully examined the texts and confirm that this is what they say. These biblical creations were not ex nihilo. And the first-century Jewish philosopher, Philo, insisted that the creation was an allegory: "To think that it means that God planted vines, or olive trees, or apple trees, or pomegranates, or any trees of such kinds, is mere incurable folly."

Fragments of references to chaos-creation stories can be found in Psalms, where God defeated the many-headed Leviathan, and in Job. Job 41:25 says even the other gods (KJV: The mighty) fear Leviathan.

For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation

Answer 9

The stories contained in the book of genesis are Adam & Eve, the great flood, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph in Egypt

Answer 10

The creation story is found in the first two chapters of the book of Genesis