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The Genesis creation stories (there are actually two different creation stories, one in Genesis 1:1-2:4a, the other in Genesis 2:4b-2:25) omit considerable information about the formation of the world and the evolution of species. This is not important, because both accounts differ so much from what we now know from science that they can only be regarded as symbolic in any case.
The Book of Genesis only provides genealogies for less than three thousand years, rather than the millions of years that we know our ancestors to have really been on earth. Once again, this is not important. If the creation stories were really only symbolic. then so are the genealogies.
The Book of Genesis does not contain information on how the Hebrew people separated from their Canaanite forebears and gradually settled in the sparsely populated hinterland. Instead it contains a quite different story of a glorious past, dominated by Abraham and the Patriarchs. Arcaheologists, scientists and historians are now filling in the gaps as to what really happened.
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What is the first chapter in Genesis about?
The first chapter in Genesis, continuing through to Genesis 2:4a, is the version of creation believed to have been written by the Priestly Source during the Babylonian Exile. It contrasts with the second creation story, beginning in genesis 2:4b and attributed to the anonymous source now known as the Yahwist.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
Where in the Bible do you find the story of creation?
Genesis.
What was the first book of the Bible before Genesis?
The first book of the BIBLE is Genesis. There are the Apocrypha but even these are stories that happen after the story of genesis.
When was forgiveness first mentioned in Bible?
In the story of Joseph in the Book of Genesis. (Genesis 50:17)
What is the spiritual significance of Genesis chapter 1?
Genesis chapter 1, together with chapter 2:1-4a, forms the first creation story and was written by the Priestly Source, based on the creation story he encountered in Babylon. It demonstrates the creative power of God more effectively than the much older Yahwist creation story (Genesis 2:4b-2:20), because it talks of God creating the firmament and the heavenly bodies above, something missing from the second creation story.By having God create the heavenly bodies, the story demonstrates that they are dependent on God alone and are not the symbols of other gods, nor do they represent the presence of other gods. This story is much more attuned to monotheism than the second creation story.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
