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This is the creation account that begins in Genesis 2:4b, and is quite different from the P source account of creation (Genesis 1:1-2:4a). In the J source account, God first created Adam, then the animals, and finally Eve. For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation

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