I used to think that the first chapter of Genesis was a summary of, the "days" of creation, (I will get to the "days" shortly) and that Chapter 2 was a more detailed account. But, after reading the way Moses and/or his Scribe wrote the first five books of the bible, Chapter 2 is a conclusion of what was written and a continuation of creation after God rested from His work. God did not stop creating, He rested.
ie: Deuteronomy 5:1-21 “The Ten Commandments” Deuteronomy 5:22 These are the commandments the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness; and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. Verse 22 starts out, “These are the commandments…” But, they were already given. This statement is a conclusion. This next Scripture is a conclusion also, when God told Noah that He would never destroy man and animal again by way of water and that He would make a rainbow to remind Himself. And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.” Genesis 9:17 http://biblehub.com/nasb/genesis/9.htm So, God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it, God rested from all His work that He had done in creation. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens. Genesis 2:3, 4 ESV, NASB, KJB… This conclusion actually contradicts itself. --- These are the "Generations" of the heavens and the earth when they were created "in the day" that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens. Genesis 2:4 I think it's safe to say that a generation is longer than one day. “In the day” that God made the earth and the heavens? Wasn't it six days? The NIV and the NLT left that part out altogether. http://biblehub.com/genesis/2-4.htm In Hebrew, “in the day”, in Chapter 2, is be-yo-wm http://biblehub.com/interlinear/genesis/2-4.htm but, we are referred to the Strong’s Number 3117: yom; day. http://biblehub.com/hebrew/3117.htm The Hebrew word for all six days in Chapter 1 of Genesis is yo’wm which, there is no translation for so, yom is used again. http://biblehub.com/interlinear/genesis/1-5.htm The NAS Exhaustive Concordance states that the Hebrew word “yom” has been used to signify a long period of time, years, even an age, "The Creation Age". The LORD said, "My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his “days” shall be a hundred and twenty years." http://biblehub.com/interlinear/genesis/6-3.htm The Hebrew word here for “days” is ya’ma which has no definition because “yom” is used again to describe the meaning of the word so, one day (yom) can be 120 years but, the “first day” would be closer to a thousand years. But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. II Peter 3:8 And all the “days” (yo’me/yom) that Adam lived were Nine Hundred and Thirty YEARS: and he died. http://biblehub.com/genesis/5-5.htm For You, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours. Psalm 90:4 ESV The Scriptures are inerrant but the translations are not complete. It's the interpretations of the scriptures that give us different translations. (Updated April 4, 2024)
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