BUT NOW WAIT A SECOND WE MISSED A VERY IMPORTANT POINT…DID YOU CATCH IT? Read vs 19 again…
Gen 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
WHEN were EVERY FOWL OF THE AIR….EVERY WINGED FOWL AFTER HIS KIND Made in relation to the creation of the Human Male in Genesis Chapter 1?
ON DAY FIVE!…BEFORE MANKIND was even created in Genesis Chapter 1!
And WHERE were “EVERY WINGED FOWL AFTER HIS KIND” in Genesis chapter 1 formed from? FROM THE WATERS OF THE DEEP! Yet here, in Genesis Chapter 2, we see, not some, not few, not several, not MANY, but “EVERY FOWL OF THE AIR” in Genesis 2 vs 19 are CREATED…AFTER HUMANKIND…and in contrast to “EVERY WINGED FOWL AFTER HIS KIND” in Genesis chapter one being FORMED FROM THE WATERS OF THE DEEP…in Genesis 2 vs 19, EVERY (WINGED) FOWL OF THE AIR are FORMED FROM THE DUST OF THE EARTH…OUT OF THE GROUND!
And I tell, Scripture here, does not in fact contradict itself, it may contradict “THE UNDERSTANDING” of men, it may contradict the “Traditions” of mens teaching, but not itself. This Creation event of Genesis Chapter 2, is simply not the same as chapter 1.
The answer to this seemingly “conundrum” is in fact right there in the very same passages, and we will look at such shortly, but first, let us look at some other cross references between Genesis Chapter 1 and Genesis chapter 2 which illustrate that…
“THE Chronology of PLANT life is proof that the Creation event of Genesis Chapter 1, is in fact not the same Creation event of Genesis Chapter 2”
So, we have established, for some, quite shockingly that Genesis Chapter 1 shows that ALL the animals in that creation account, at least certainly ALL THE BIRDS, were created quite in contrast from those animals, those birds in Genesis chapter 2. “EVERY WINGED FOWL” in Genesis chapter 1 were created PRIOR to humankind, and from the WATERS of the DEEP, whereas, in Genesis chapter 2 “EVERY (Winged) FOWL OF THE AIR” were formed not from the waters of the deep, but “FROM THE GROUND”, the dust of the earth, and also were created not “PRIOR” to MANKIND” but after the Male Human, and BEFORE the Female human.
This sets a strong grounds for investigation to the claim that the MALE AND FEMALE HUMAN of Chapter 1, whom I assert were created AT THE SAME TIME, in EQUALITY, are in fact NOT THE Same humans created in Genesis Chapter 2, who went on to be known as “ADAM AND EVE.”
NOW, in GENESIS CHAPTER 2, we see of the plant life:
Gen 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
Gen 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Gen 2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
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; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
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.
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