Creation of Humanity
| Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. | |
| Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. | Genesis 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. |
Genesis 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 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. 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 the name thereof. 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. Genesis 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; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. |
The story of creation is told twice in Genesis. We do not present the entire creation story here and we do not call out apparent conflicts, because the two stories are different enough that they can not be reconciled without significantly changing the order of events. So that you can get a feel for the differences in the narratives, we list the order of creation in each story below.
| Genesis 1 | Genesis 2 |
|---|---|
| Heaven and earth | Earth (already exists) |
| Light an darkness | |
| Dry land and seas | Water |
| Plants | |
| Sun, Moon, and stars | |
| Fish and birds | |
| Other animals and insects | |
| Man and woman | Man |
| Plants | |
| Animals | |
| Woman |
