The Two Accounts Of Creation - 1714 Words

Melodie Waddell Professor Lydia Postell English 2111-01 7 July 2015 The Two Accounts of Creation in Genesis When God began to create heaven and earth, and the earth then was welter and waste and darkness over the deep and God s breath hovering er the waters, God said, Let there be light(The Hebrew Bible 94). This is how readers have always started out studying the Bible. Little did they know there was an entirely different account of creation just a little ways down from the first account they see in Genesis. So, is there really two different accounts of God creating the Earth in the Bible? Some people believe yes, others believe, no. Throughout this essay I will be taking a deeper look into the two accounts of creation by comparing and contrasting the time periods, accounts of vegetation, and the animal life that God created. The Bible can be a tricky piece of literature to read, but I am going to break it down to view the accounts in a more in depth view. 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