Creation Stories Comparison, Session #2

Work together with your group to answer the questions about your assigned passage.

	Genesis 1:1-2:4a	Genesis 2:4b-25
1. What is the name of the Creator in this account?	(Hebrew = Elohim)	(Hebrew = Yahweh)
2. How long did it take for the Creator to complete the task of creation (answer in days)?	See 2.2 It took 6 days and on the 7^th day God rested.	See 2.4b It seems to indicate that creation only took 1 day.
3. From what original “stuff” did the Creator make the world?	See 1.2 Darkness, void, and the waters	See 2.5; 2.7 Earth and dust from the ground.
4. In what order or sequence did creation take place? Number and list the order.	(1) heaven and earth; (2) light (3) firmament to separate heaven and earth; (4) seas; (5) vegetation; (6) sun, moon, and stars; (7) sea creatures; (8) earth creatures; (9) humanity.	(1) earth and heavens; (2) man; (3) trees; (4) beasts; (5) woman.
5. How is the creation of humans described?	See 1.27 God created man in God’s own image.	See 2.7; 2.21-22 Man formed from the dust of the ground and woman made from man.
6. What is the task of the human creatures?	See 1.26, 28-30 Dominion over earth and earth’s creatures.	See 2.15-17, 19-20 To till the garden and control all of the creatures.
7. The Hebrew word ruah means “breath,” “wind,” or “spirit.”	How is ruah used in 1.2? God’s spirit was moving about the earth.	How is ruah used in 2.7? God’s spirit was used to bring life into a lifeless thing to make it man.
8. The Hebrew word adam means humanity.	How is adam used in 1.27? To show humankind was created in God’s image.	How is adam used in 2.7-8? God formed ‘man’ out of the ground and put ‘man’ in the garden.
9. By what means does the Creator cause things to come into being?	Things came into being when God gave the command.	Things came into being out of the dust of the ground.