Genesis 2:4-25

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An Overview of references to Genesis 2:4-25

the Bible's second account of creation — a Creation Record

With chapter 3, this is the second of the Bible's Creation Records. See Comparing the two accounts of the Creation in Genesis.
This passage was referenced here (2.4.4) in our response to the AACE discussion questions.

the "day" of creation

2:4 — Discussion for and against reading literal "days" in Genesis 1, or the "day" of Genesis 2:4

the watering of the land

v 6 — Mist, inundation or irrigation in Genesis 2:6

Adam formed

v 7 — Created, Formed and Made, Formed from the dust, The Breath of Life, and the question of where Adam was formed.

the Two Trees

The Tree of Life and The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

"thou shalt surely die"

vv 16-17 — "Thou shalt not eat thereof..."; "thou shalt surely die"

Animals and birds created

vv 18-20 — All the animals and birds are created and brought to the man, but no acceptable partner is found for him.
Sequence of events in the narrative; concordist translations

The Woman made for Adam

vv 21-22 — Adam's Deep Sleep; the woman "fashioned" or "built"

Jesus' reference to Adam's sleep

2:24 — referred to in the New Testament.

— an example of non-literal language: see Problems with Literal Readings of Genesis 2:4-3:24

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