The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 14 : Genesis 2:4 – Section Two Introductory Verse: Transition From Previous Section

SECTION TWO: THE STORY OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN (GEN 2:4-3:24) – ‘THAT WHICH COMES FORTH FROM HEAVEN AND EARTH’ – THE CONTENTS OF SECTION TWO – THERE WERE PROBABLY EPIC (ORAL?) TRADITIONS OF WHICH THE ANCIENT HEBREWS WERE FAMILIAR – ARE THERE TWO CREATION STORIES OR ONE? – SECTION TWO ADDS DETAIL TO THE GENERAL ACCOUNT OF SECTION ONE – DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE TWO SECTIONS – INDICATIONS OF THE UNITY OF THE TWO SECTIONS – THE VERSE IS AN ORGANIC WHOLE AND BELONGS TO THE SECTION OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN – V. 4 IS COMPOSED OF TWO PARALLEL HALF-SENTENCES IN A CHIASTIC ORDER – YHWH ELOHIM – ‘RULES’ GOVERNING THE USE OF THE DIVINE NAMES – THE DIVINE TETRAGRAMMATON – APPENDIX — ADDITIONAL NOTES CONCERNING THE HEBREW ‘YHWH’