Genesis 1-3

[wolfpurplemoon]

Only thought I've had so far (beyond the whole literal creationism=crazy thing) is that Adam just suddenly has that name after being known as 'Man' for much of Chapter 1 and 2, although it depends on the version you read, as my book doesn't mention the name until 3:17 but the SAB starts using Adam at 2:19. Adam then bestows his 'Woman' with the name Eve (3:20), wasn't that nice of him.

Not sure that this is the sort of thing to be noticing, but it's what jumped out at me as I already know the creation story and the fact that chapter 2 starts all over again with God creating everything in a different order from chapter 1!

Actually in a way the first version is better as Man and Woman are created at the same time rather than Woman being created as an after-thought to provide companionship to Adam.

Comments

God, His creation and your journey through the Bible

[(Anonymous)]

Good afternoon,

I understand that you're not readying this to seek God or to grow closer to Him, however I still commend you for this task. I see you're in Romans now so you've come a long way! I personally am a Christ Follower and I am reading the Bible completely through for the second time. Questions abound. However, with any belief or theory, there will be questions. God, and the way he works, has strategically made it that way. God is very proud and in a twisted way, wants us to follow him rather than making us follow him. There are things left out (the Bible is not a scientific document, rather a historical one) purposefully so that we can understand that we only can know what he lets us. As far as six literal days of creation, I'm unsure of that myself. In my personal opinion I beleive the following. (By the way you're way past this so if you dont even read this so be it, just my chance to type)
-Bible begins "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" It later states he created light and dark. In the beginning, in the Hebrew translation (as written originally by Moses) the word means (for an undetermined amount of time.) This means God had already created heaven and earth or some form of it prior to the creational week. Also, writing was extremely poetic in the time of Moses and the word "day" could have been used to measure any type of period from a literal day to an "age" or era. As you will or have read later, there are a few passages that mention a "day to God is as a thousand years to man." What you take from that so be it, just adding here.
At any rate, just my two cents on the creation. I enjoy reading your posts and will continue to follow along as I reach those points in my Bible. Again, I understand you're not reading to seek but the seed to understanding God has been planted in you by the choice in this process. God Bless.