Genesis 1-4a

The Genesis account of creation is written with beautiful, almost lyrical, scripture. It begins with the first seven days of creation where God created the heavens and the Earth. He split the oceans and the land, as well as created all the many creatures on our planet. The message of the bible very much depends on interpretation, the wording was filled with rhythm. For example, at the end of each sentence in the beginning of chapter one, it has many phrase repeats but they sound lyrical. On day one, “God said” (Gen:1 vs.3) “it was good.” (Gen:1 vs. 4). On day two, “God said” (Gen:1 vs.6) “it was so” (Gen:1 vs. 7). These phrases repeat and overall form a kindly written scripture. In Genesis one, God’s official name is Elohim. He created the heavens and man. And made man rule over the created order of the Earth. Not only as the rulers but also as the care-takers, which hints at telling humans to protect the environment, as it is our job given by God Himself. Further on into Genesis, the story focuses more on Adam and Eve. God created Adam as a whole human being. Adam was split by God and the other equal half became Eve. The author of Genesis wants to stress the equality between man and woman. With Eve, Adam could have his other half to relationship with. The author’s focus on equality between man and woman is one of the biggest take-aways from these accounts of creation. “This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh” (Gen 2:23). Marriage allows for man and woman to

The initial three chapters of the Genesis acts as a foundation for religion and Judeo/Christian Worldview. Although the three chapters are more focused on the creation and the fall of mankind, they also explore the relationship between God and humanity. The chapters lay a foundation for understanding Judaism and Christianity. Most of the moral values that are established in Judaism are upheld and maintained in Christianity. The first three chapters of the Old Testament instills the values of inter-religious cooperation between various groups in the society. They focus on procreation, creation and the fall of man.

As Genesis is the first book of the bible and verses 1:1-2:3 are the first accounts, it is essential that the story that proceeds be examined. What is then discovered is another account about creation. This creation story is similar to the first account but it can be seen that God ‘is not working to a pre-planned strategy’ , this then ‘hints at a measure of vulnerability in the Creator’ in the second creation account which is a stark difference to the first story of creation where God is viewed as ‘is a king who does all things well: in his own judgement, it is 'very good'. He alone is responsible for creation: his voice alone is heard; he consults no one for wisdom or advice’ . Incorporating the world behind the text and the world of the text we are able to get a more cohesive experience about what the story is telling us, in this case what Genesis 1:1-2:3 is actually referring to. The tools used to analyse the text allows the audience to develop greater insight about the purpose of the text, it also allows the audience to change their previous viewpoint with integrated gained depth and

Robert states in chapter one that “Genesis 1-2, the first two chapters of the bible show us God’s original, perfect creation” (27). In this chapter he goes into depth about the creation of the world. Roberts gives us four truths about creation.

The story of creation begins with Genesis 1 and 2, it explains how the world and it’s living inhabitants were created from God’s touch. From Genesis 1 we see how the sky, seas, land, animals, and mankind were created. However Genesis 2 focuses more on the first of mankind, known as Adam and Eve and how they are made to be. In this paper I will compare Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 and what the main idea for creation is in each one, however in my opinion there is no contradiction between the two. Genesis 2 merely fills in the details that are "headlined" in Genesis 1.

In the Bible it tells us in Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” However, it is astonishing to hear about how many people do not believe this to be true. After interviewing a few of my friends and family a couple weeks ago I found out their beliefs on how long they believe the days in Genesis 1 are, how old they believe earth and life are, whether or not they believe man and apes share a common ancestor, and whether or not they believe Adam and Eve were real people.

The creation as described in chapters 1-2 is giving us an account of how God created the heavens, the earth, and all living creatures. This story reminds me of just how much thought and energy God put into creating the perfect paradise for us. He made a pair of each kind so that we could recreate and multiply the earth. He made seeds and trees so that we could have proper nutrition. Chapter 3 describes the fall of humanity. This chapter shows the disobedience nature of the human being. God specifically ordered that they can eat from any of the trees except from the tree of knowledge. Satan showed up and influenced Eve to eat from the tree, then she encouraged Adam and the fall began. What Genesis 1 - 3 is saying about human responsibility,

Genesis is foundational for understanding our existence as it explains the origin of the universe and reveals the basic structure of God’s relationship to His creation. God is revealed as the supreme and sovereign being who creates the universe out of His own sovereign will (Gen. 1:1 – 2:3). Creation is revealed as wholly dependent on the creative and sustaining power of God. Humans are revealed as special creatures, made in God’s image to govern the rest of creation on His behalf (Gen. 1:26 – 28).

The Book of Genesis is a compilation, and like every compilation it has a wide variety of contributors who, in turn, have their individual influence upon the final work. It is no surprise, then, that there exist certain parallels between the Theogony, the cosmogony of the early Greeks, and the Book of Genesis, the first part of the Pentateuch section of the Bible. In fact, arguments may be made that the extent of this 'borrowing', as it were, is not limited to Genesis; the Theogony has its own roots in Greek mythology, predating the Book of Genesis by a thousand years. A superficial examination of this evidence would erroneously lead one to believe that Genesis is somewhat a collection of older mythology

The portraits painted by the writer(s) of Genesis vary regarding God’s relationship to the world and humanity. Consider the Genesis Chapter 1:1, “In the Beginning God created the heaven and earth” (King James Version, 1611 edition), this speaks to the fact that God was not part of creation but rather the orchestrator of creation (Wilcox, 2014). Additionally, there are no stories of God’s beginning or end, this speaks to His infinity like state of majesty (KJV, 1611, Revelations 22:13); furthermore, throughout Genesis 1:1-2:4 God defines his extreme power by speaking and the universe obeying instantaneously (Tullock, & McEntire, 2012). These passages speak to the overwhelming majesty and power that God possesses, and to the power and ingenuity given to humans as caretakers of the physical earth.

Throughout the stories in Genesis, biblical characters surpass universal limits set by God, therefore causing disorder and sin to wreak havoc on Earth. In Genesis chapters 2-3, the second part of the creation story tells of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. However, Eve is not alone, as she gives into temptation and eats a forbidden apple after being tricked by a snake. While some interpretations conclude that this snake already represents chaos and sin, the snake’s power is meaningless without Eve’s initial curiosity and natural disobedience. Therefore, the sin symbolized by the snake does not actually exist without the presence of humanity. The first part of the creation story supports this idea by promoting the concept of rules and limits,

In the book of Genesis there is no physical description of God and how he is viewed. In Genesis 1 God is viewed as only a spirit. He speaks and creates the earth, animals, and humanity, but he does not physically interact with them. In Genesis 2 God physically interacts with humans, which is shown when he moves Adam to the garden of Eden and he takes a rib out of Adam to create Eve. Since God interacts physically with humans in Genesis 2, this implies that God not only is spirit but he also has a physical body, and so the image of God is both spirit and body. To be made in the image of God means that humans are created to look like his physical image and embody his spirit, which includes his characteristics, such as creativity, authority,

Genesis is one of the first books of the Bible. It is a part of the Law and is canonical. It is included in the Pentateuch, and the Torah. The original language of Genesis is Hebrew. In the Hebrew Bible, Genesis is a part of the Torah, which is the first five books of the Tanakh. In the New American Bible, it is also part of the first five books of the Bible, and categorized as a book of the Law. Genesis is also included as one of the very first books of the Protestant Bible. Genesis is not apocryphal, nor is it pseudepigraphal.

Further evidence that the author of Genesis 1 is P is that “the account of creation in Genesis 1 has the refrains and solemn tones of a liturgical prayer…it maintains an interest in precise genealogy lists, a task of ancient temple scribes,” and pays close attention to structure and the repetition of key expressions, having a powerful effect on the reader, a style of writing that would only have been used by the well educated at the time, pointing directly to priests.

The following essay I will be conducting an exegesis of Genesis 3; 1-12 in its ancient and modern context. I will be analysing themes that run throughout the text and the importance of these themes in identifying the meaning of this passage. Genesis 3 revolves around the fall of creation, in this essay I will analysing the fall and the roles the characters play in the fall and evaluate the fall of humanity and the implications this has modern society.