Two Creation Accounts
nGen. 1:1 -> Gen. 2:3.
Written entirely by God
nGen. 2:4 -> Gen. 5:1.
Written by Adam
nThese two accounts appear to contradict each
other in the order
of certain creation events
nGen. 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 to Adam to see what he would call them ...”
nThis seems to
conflict with Gen. 1:24-27 where God clearly created animals before He created man
nHowever, the
proper translation of Gen. 2:19 states that “God had formed” since there is no distinction in Hebrew between the past tense and the past perfect,
since the context
provides the real meaning