Genesis 2:4-25
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.
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
"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 — see Geography of Eden for Glenn Morton’s speculative literal interpretation.
the Two Trees
The Tree of Life and The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
the man taken to the garden
"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
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 in the New Testament.
- — an example of non-literal language: see Problems with Literal Readings of Genesis 2:4-3:24
