Genesis 1 wants to examine the “big picture,” the creation of all that is, including man. A reader is immediately struck by its structure: there are a series of days on which particular works ...

For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. Genesis 1 richly repays reflection. Consider it not just a creation account, but an accounting of the community of creation, of the ...

Genesis 2 provides some of those, but in a way that is completely consistent, logically, with Genesis 1:27. Adam being created from the dust of the ground (2:7) is logically consistent with his ...

Terrance Randall Wardlaw, Jr., The Meaning of אדב in Genesis 1:1-2:3, Vetus Testamentum, Vol. 64, Fasc. 3 (2014), pp. 502-513 ...

The deluge reminds the reader of that moment in the beginning of the Genesis narrative when "the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters." (Genesis 1:2) In both, God gives similar commands.

Genesis in the Bible. Some Christians regard Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 as two totally separate myths that have a similar meaning. Others see the two chapters as part of one continuous story.

This meant that from the very creation of the world, some people were destined to rule over others. Genesis 1 will have none of this. It is not the king who is the image of God but each and every ...

Using the Gematria keys to Genesis, I’ve rearranged 1-2 according to the night/day cycle of the days, and I think it makes a lot more sense like this. It answers many questions about the text.