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 — 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
