quote:Originally posted by Rust:
Genesis 1-2:4 and Genesis 2:4-3:24
Any translation. You can pick the New International Version for compatability, the gyst remains the same. Two stories, with contradictory orders of creation.
Ummm, no. I read:
God made Earth.
Made animals.
Made man.
Seventh day.
Now the supposed second story:
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{2:1} Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and
all the host of them. {2:2} And on the seventh day God
ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the
seventh day from all his work which he had made. {2:3}
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because
that in it he had rested from all his work which God created
and made.
{2:4} These [are] the generations of the heavens and of
the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD
God made the earth and the heavens, {2:5} And every plant
of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the
field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to
rain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the
ground. {2:6} But there went up a mist from the earth, and
watered the whole face of the ground. {2:7} And the LORD
God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living
soul.
{2:8} And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in
Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. {2:9}
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every
tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree
of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of
knowledge of good and evil. {2:10} And a river went out of
Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted,
and became into four heads. {2:11} The name of the first
[is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of
Havilah, where [there is] gold; {2:12} And the gold of that
land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone.
{2:13} And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the
same [is] it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
{2:14} And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel: that
[is] it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the
fourth river [is] Euphrates. {2:15} And the LORD God took
the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and
to keep it. {2:16} And the LORD God commanded the man,
saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
{2:17} But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof
thou shalt surely die.
{2:18} And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the
man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
{2:19} And out of the ground the LORD God formed every
beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought
[them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and
whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was]
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the name thereof. {2:20} And Adam gave names to all
cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the
field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for
him. {2:21} And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall
upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and
closed up the flesh instead thereof; {2:22} And the rib,
which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a
woman, and brought her unto the man. {2:23} And Adam
said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh:
she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of
Man. {2:24} Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one
flesh. {2:25} And they were both naked, the man and his
wife, and were not ashamed.
{3:1} Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of
the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto
the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every
tree of the garden?
{3:2} And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat
of the fruit of the trees of the garden: {3:3} But of the fruit
of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath
said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye
die. {3:4} And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall
not surely die: {3:5} For God doth know that in the day ye
eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be
as gods, knowing good and evil. {3:6} And when the
woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it
[was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make
[one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and
gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. {3:7}
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that
they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and
made themselves aprons. {3:8} And they heard the voice of
the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:
and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of
the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. {3:9} And
the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him,
Where [art] thou? {3:10} And he said, I heard thy voice in
the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I
hid myself. {3:11} And he said, Who told thee that thou
[wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I
commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? {3:12} And
the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with
me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. {3:13} And the
LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou
hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me,
and I did eat. {3:14} And the LORD God said unto the
serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed
above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy
belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of
thy life: {3:15} And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise
thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. {3:16} Unto the
woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy
conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and
thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over
thee. {3:17} And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast
hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the
tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat
of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt
thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life; {3:18} Thorns also
and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the
herb of the field; {3:19} In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast
thou taken: for dust thou [art,] and unto dust shalt thou
return. {3:20} And Adam called his wife’s name Eve;
because she was the mother of all living. {3:21} Unto Adam
also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins,
and clothed them. {3:22} And the LORD God said, Behold,
the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and
now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of
life, and eat, and live for ever: {3:23} Therefore the LORD
God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the
ground from whence he was taken. {3:24} So he drove out
the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden
Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to
keep the way of the tree of life.}</pre>
I dont read anything pertaining remotely to creation in this second passage.