"In Genesis chapter 1 vs 1 we see God made “THE HEAVEN (Singular) and The Earth.”
In Genesis chapter 2 vs 4,5 we see that “The LORD GOD” Made “The HEAVENS (plural) and the earth”, and that in vs 5 of chapter 2 he made all the plants, but he made them in a certain fashion…”Every plant of the field “BEFORE” it was “IN” the earth, and every herb of the field “BEFORE” it grew.” The Lord God made FULL GROWN PLANTS…”EVERY PLANT OF THE FIELD”….”BEFORE IT WAS IN THE EARTH” and he made EVERY HERB OF THE FIELD…not as seeds which had to grow into Herbs but as COMPLETE, MATURE HERBS! This is in just the same fashion as he formed the MAN…ADAM, not as an infant, but already COMPLETE, not as a CHILD but as “A MAN!” The LORD GOD, made the Plants, the HERBs, just as he later made the man, “ALREADY MATURE!”, plants created as such “BEFORE” They were in the ground! And with such, with these plant sprouts, with these herbs, we see he planted these, and OUT OF THE GROUND, with these he planted he made the same to GROW (chp 2 vs 9) into every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for FOOD! And the LORD GOD, in chapter 2, who created all these Plants and herbs in chpt 2:5 BEFORE they were in the ground, did not plant them INTO the ground until ( chp 2:8-9), until AFTER he created the MALE Human in chapter 2 vs 7!"
now lets compare with the creation of plant life in Genesis chapter 1
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
"We see in Genesis chapter 1 vs 27-29 the creation of BOTH male and female humans by the PLURAL ELOHIM. This is important, as I believe the Holy Spirit is female and our MOTHER, the feminine gender of God. Some would argue this, and I am willing to discuss this later in greater detail, but for now, lets us illustrate that the “PLURAL” Elohim, did not say “I AM GOING TO CREATE MANKIND IN MY OWN IMAGE” but rather “THEY” said “LET US CREATE MAN IN OUR OWN IMAGE” and the result of that creation in “THEIR” PLURAL ELOHIM Image, resulted in PLURAL HUMAN CREATION with both a MALE and FEMALE Gender, created at the same time in chapter 1, contrasting the event of Chapter 2."
THE MALE and FEMALE human, created at the same time, After ALL THE ANIMALS and unlike the story of the male Human named ADAM of Genesis chapter 2 who was HIMSELF given dominion over ALL creations in that event, in Chapter 1, THE MALE AND FEMALE humans were created in EQUALITY, and given EQUAL DOMINION as pointed out in Chp 1 vs 28 “And he said unto “THEM” Be Fruitful and Multiply and replenish the earth” and the task of Subduing the earth and the grace of having DOMINION over all animal life in it was given not to the male only, but to BOTH Male and Female Humans! And In vs 29 we see the proclamation:
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Now note that GOD did not say “OKAY, now, lets put you guys over here in EDEN, and watch, I AM GOING TO “GIVE” You all the food you need, I am going to MAKE THE TREES GROW BEFORE YOUR EYES!”
NO…not at all, GOD, (the Father and Mother) in Genesis chapter 1, the plural “ELOHIM” states “BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN EVERY HERB BEARING SEED”…”AND EVERY TREE, in THE WHICH IS THE FRUIT of a tree yielding Seed”…it was already, like all of the ANIMALs in Genesis 1 before the creation of mankind, like all of the birds “EVERY WINGED FOWL”…it was ALREADY PREPARED PRIOR TO THE CREATION OF MANKIND in Genesis Chapter 1!
In chapter 2, we see the TREES did not GROW for FOOD for mankind until AFTER THE CREATION of ADAM (2 vs 7)
Let us look again at the creation of the trees for food in Genesis chapter 2 and then, ask a question…
Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Gen 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food;
NOW,are these trees of Genesis chapter 2, by the evidence of the chronological details of scripture, in fact the SAME trees of Genesis chapter 1?
Well, before giving a definitive answer lets note that in the verses above of Genesis 2:7 thru 9, it is plain to see that these trees in Genesis 2:9 which were for food were made to grow AFTER the creation of the Male Human called Adam.
In Genesis one, of the TREES which were made to GROW for food for the MALE and FEMALE Human of Genesis chapter 1 we see:
Gen1: 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
SO, to answer the question, ARE THE TREES which THE LORD GOD made Grow for FOOD, AFTER THE CREATION of the MALE HUMAN he named ADAM in Genesis Chapter 2, in fact THE SAME TREES named by GOD in Genesis Chapter 1, to have been GIVEN for FOOD To THE MALE and FEMALE Human Creation of Genesis Chapter 1?
Well, in order to answer that question, we must see “WHEN”
“every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”
Mentioned in Genesis Chapter 1 vs 29, were in fact created and made to GROW. Let us look again at some earlier verses in Genesis chapter 1, we know that MANKIND in the SEVEN DAY CREATION of GENESIS CHAPTER 1 were created on DAY 6 of that timeline…but lets look again to see if there is any earlier mention of
“every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed;”
as noted in vs 29, if we look a bit earlier we see that:
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