Genesis 2:4-25
An Overview of references to Genesis 2:4-25
the Bible's second account of creation
With chapter 3, this is the second of the Bible's Creation Records. See Comparing the two accounts of the Creation in Genesis.
See also The Fourth Conversation — Creating Man.
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 — also a note from the Jewish Study Bible re where the division between the two narratives is.
"not a man to till the ground"
v 5 — "not a man to till the ground" taken as evidence against some explanations of human origins
the watering of the land
v 6 — Mist, inundation or irrigation in Genesis 2:6
the man formed
v 7 — Created, Formed and Made, Formed from the dust, The Breath of Life, and the question of where the man was formed.
the Geography
vv 8-13 — the Four Rivers. See Geography of Eden for Glenn Morton’s speculative literal interpretation.
the Two Trees
vv. 9,17 — The Tree of Life and The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
the man put in the garden
v 15 — the man, made outside the garden, is taken to it
"thou shalt surely die"
vv 16-17 — "Thou shalt not eat thereof..."; "thou shalt surely die"
- Was God lying?
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; translators' efforts to harmonise the two Genesis creation narratives ("concordist" translations)
Woman made for Man
vv 21-22 — Adam's Deep Sleep; the woman "fashioned" or "built"
Jesus' reference to the man's sleep
2:24 — referred to by the Lord Jesus in the New Testament.
- — an example of non-literal language: see Problems with Literal Readings of Genesis 2:4-3:24
