Gen 2:1-5
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The Old Testament > Genesis > Chapter 2
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Questions
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Verse 3
- What does it mean to say that the seventh day, now the Sabbath, is blessed? That it is sanctified?
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Verse 4
- What does the phrase "generations of the earth" mean?
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Verse 5
- The creation story in Genesis 1 is clearly different from that in Genesis 2. For example, in chapter 1, the creation takes six days, in this chapter it takes one (verse 4); in 1 the earth begins as a mass of water, but in 2 the land is already there (verse 5-6); in 1 the two sexes are created at the same time, but in 2 male is created before female; in 1 the plants are created on the third day--before the creation of humans--but in 2 man is created before the plants (verses 7 and 9); and in 1 the living creatures were created before humans, but in 2 they are created afterwards (verse 19). How do we account for these differences? Why is each account important to us? What does each teach that the other does not?
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Lexical notes
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Exegesis
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Related links
- James Faulconer's exegesis about some aspects of community from Genesis 2 and 3.
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