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The first biblical creation story is in Genesis 1:1-2:4a. The second is in Genesis 2:4b-25 and chapter 3. Some regard Genesis chapter 5 as a third creation story, similar to the second, but clearly a little different, but most scholars generally ignore the differences and regard it as a parallel restating of the previous chapters. Fragments of a further (third) creation story can be found in the psalms and the Book of Job.

Each is entirely different in content and style. For example, the first creation story has man (both male and female) created after all the other animals, while the second has man (Adam) created first, then all the animals, then finally Eve. The third creation story is too fragmentary to follow fully, but it does have God defeating the Leviathan, a chaos monster already known from pre-Israelite religion. The one event that all would undoubtedly have in common is the creation of man.

The first biblical creation story is in Genesis 1:1-2:4a. The second is in Genesis 2:4b-25 and chapter 3. Some regard Genesis chapter 5 as a third creation story, similar to the second, but clearly a little different, but most scholars generally ignore the differences and regard it as a parallel restating of the previous chapters. Fragments of a further (third) creation story can be found in the psalms and the Book of Job.

Each is entirely different in content and style. For example, the first creation story has man (both male and female) created after all the other animals, while the second has man (Adam) created first, then all the animals, then finally Eve. The third creation story is too fragmentary to follow fully, but it does have God defeating the Leviathan, a chaos monster already known from pre-Israelite religion. The one event that all would undoubtedly have in common is the creation of man.


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