The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 15 : Genesis 2:5-7 – First Paragraph: Creation of Man

CREATION OF MAN – ‘HUMBLE US, O OUR GOD’ – DOES 2:5-7 CONTRADICT 1:11-12? – WE CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO BELIEVE – WHY DO THEY SAY THERE IS A CONTRADICTION? – OUR RESPONSE TO THEIR ‘CONTRADICTION’ – GEN 2 IS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN – IF THIS WERE A CONTRADICTION, WHY WAS IT NOT CORRECTED? – EVIDENCE OF REVISIONS AFTER MOSES – THE STRUCTURE OF 2:5-7 – DID IT RAIN BEFORE THE FLOOD? – ‘MIST’ OR ‘SPRING’? : THE PROBLEM IS THE OBSCURE WORD USED – PROVEN BY MODERN CHEMICAL ANALYSIS – ‘RAISED FROM DUST TO REIGN’ – THIS ‘BREATH OF LIFE’ IS NOT WHAT DISTINGUISHES MAN FROM ANIMAL – APPENDIX: GENESIS 2:5 IN VARIOUS VERSIONS