THE TWO CREATION STORIES

GENESIS1:1-2:3

• This creation story is the most common one taught.
• This is the one where God creates the world in six days
• and rests on the seventh day. He created all things in the world
• on a specific day. He created light, day, night, earth, and the heavens
• on the first day. He creates the sky on the second day. He makes land,

GENESIS 1:1-2:3

• and plants on the third day. He then made the stars, moon, and the sun
• on the fourth day. On the fifth day he made birds and the sea creatures.
• The sixth day was used to create the land animals and man, both female and male.
• And on the seventh day, God rested and blessed that day.

GENESIS 2:4-25

• This is the second creation story. This is the one
• where Adam and Eve, the first humans, eat the fruit
• of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which made the original
• sin. The days when God created the world are not specified.
• It also follows a sequence, but it is different. In this one, God

GENESIS 2:4-25

• created the earth, the heavens, and plants but no rain yet, but
• there is a spring that waters the earth. Then, He made the first human male
• out of dust and breathed life into his nostrils and named him Adam.
• He then made the garden of Eden and it has every beautiful plant and good
• to eat. It also had the tree of life and tree of knowledge of good and evil.

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• He then put Adam in the Garden of Eden.
• Next, He told Adam to till the garden and keep it nice.
• He also said not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good
• and evil cause he said you will die. Then, God made every animal
• to keep Adam company and to name them. After that, God took one

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• of Adam's ribs and made a woman whom He named Eve.
• Then, the story of original sin begins.

SIMILARITIES

• In the two stories, the worlds both get made in sequences.
• The earth and the heavens get made in the first day/sequence.
• They are both creation stories.

DIFFERENCES

• God makes the animals for different reasons.
• The sequence of making the world is different.
• Some things are skipped over in the second creation story.
• God does not name humans in the first creation story.
• God does not rest when he finishes creating the world.