What is important about the order of creation in Genesis?

Answer 1

Opinion

Man was the last of God's creative works and as such holds a special place in creation. Man was the pinnacle in the creative process.

Answer 2

The order of creation in Genesis 1:1-2:4a is important to scholars because it provides further evidence that this account is not really true. This account holds that light was created before the sun, moon and stars; that grass grew before the sun existed; and so on. We now know that light comes from the sun - without it, the Earth would be so cold that even the air would freeze, and in total darkness. And without the sun, grass could not grow.
The order of creation in Genesis 1:1-2:4a is so different to that in the second creation account, beginning in Genesis 2:4b, that they must be entirely separate myths. In the first account, man (both male and female) was created at the end of creation, after creation of the animals. In the second account, man (Adam) was created before creation of the animals, while Eve was not created until afterwards.

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