Genesis 1 And 2 Compare And Contrast

The creation story, Genesis 1 and 2, is a story of how the world came to be. Both chapters states that the earth was brought to life by one being. However, though the chapters implies the same idea, the narration seems to be told from different perspectives. It is as if the two events described in both narrations were not entirely the same . In Genesis one, the writer suggests that God took six days to create the earth and went on naming the days and what was created on them. In Genesis 2, “On the day when Adonai made heaven and earth”, the narrator is suggesting that the Earth was created in a day. The narrator construct the God in Genesis one as a God who plans. Genesis one God, had a clear strategy on how things should be and when they