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Old 9th January 2013, 06:25 AM   #79
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Originally Posted by AvalonXQ View Post
Genesis 2 is not a "second account;" it's a focus and expansion on particular elements of the account in Genesis 1. Particularly, it gives details about YHWH's interaction with humans on Day Six.
Sounds like it's the whole creation again to me.

Originally Posted by Genesis 2v4
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when
they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth
and the heavens,


Originally Posted by AvalonXQ View Post
So I don't agree that any particular elements in Genesis 1 have to be repeated in Genesis 2. Genesis 1 starts with the formless earth and takes us through the creation week. Genesis 2 starts with the condition of earth before the creation of man and takes us through man's time in Eden.
But do you agree, if we accept Genesis 2 is a focussed in close up for a moment, that the elements should be in the same order?
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