Revelation

The creation of the earth and all that is within the earth is mysterious yet miraculous at the same time.

Although there are probably hundreds of different accounts, they all seem to be different while almost identical in

text. I will be comparing and contrasting between account one and account two in the book of Genesis. In the

beginning, according to Genesis in the bible.

In the two creation accounts God is portrayed in two different ways. In the first account God is portrayed

as an ultimate or Supreme Being that creates the world by fiat, which are divine spoken words. An example of

this is found in Genesis 1:3, which says; “Then God said, “let there be light”; and there was light.” This is the

fiat command that creates light in the first account of creation and demonstrates the supreme power of God. In

the second Genesis account God is portrayed as a much more mortal being, a concept called

anthropomorphism. In Genesis 2:7 God creates man, but it wasn’t done through fiat. It says, “Lord God formed

man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living

being.” This account of God creating man is much different from the first account because God is physlically-

taking part in creating man instead of using powers by way of fiat. Another instance that portrays God as more

humanlike is found in Genesis 2:8 where it says God “planted” the garden in Eden. The use of the word

“planted” suggests that God physically interacted with the earth to create the garden.

A second difference between the two creation accounts is the order in which the world was created. In the

first account God created light, sea, land, vegetation, living creatures, then man and woman. In the second

account God created man from the earth (so land was created before man) then God planted the garden in Eden

and provided animals to give man a helper. The woman is the last creature to be created in the second account,

and is actually the same order in which the woman was created in the first account.

The main difference in the two accounts is that man and woman are created last in the first account, and in

the second account, man is created before any life form and the rest seems to be provided for him; even woman. It’s the

creation of woman that is consistent in both accounts. The avoided use of sexual activity as a part of

creation is similar among the two creation accounts. In the first