The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 18 : Genesis 2:18-25 – Fourth Paragraph: Creation of Woman

CREATION OF THE WOMAN – GOD DELIBERATES AND CREATES – AN EMPHATIC STATEMENT – GOOD PREACHING IS NOT NECESSARILY GOOD EXPOSITION – THIS IS UNIQUE IN ANCIENT COSMOLOGIES – THE CREATION OF WOMAN DESTROYS THEISTIC EVOLUTION – ADAM WAS THE SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF HUMANITY – THE FIRST MARRIAGE – MARRIAGE IS A COVENANTAL RELATIONSHIP – NT COMMENTS ON THIS PASSAGE