quality between God and humans. God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them. By showing that humans are created in the likeness of God, it suggests that humans are almost on an equal level with God. There are still passages showing that God is Superior to humans, but God is very pleased with his creation of humans. In this first account, God is also given a number of human characteristics to help humans relate to God. For example God saw that it was good, Then God said, and God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day. These verses give God human characteristics such as sight, speech, and even fatigue. Not to mention that God has the same image as human beings, because all humans were created in Gods image. This first depiction of God puts an emphasis on the human aspects of God to help those who believe in God better relate to him. It also suggests that there is a close relationship between God and humans, and yet at the same time God possesses powers beyond imagination.The second version of creation depicts God a little bit differently. First of all, God has to actually form a human being out of dust. Man doesnt magically appear when God speaks, but rather God has to physically mold him out of dust. This version says, Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree and also out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air. This suggests that God must, once again, physically mold everything in nature out of the Earth. There also isnt a suggestion of a friendship factor between God and man. It says that God wants what is good for man, It is not good that the man should be alone, I will make him a helper as his partner, but God is definitely depicted as being very superior to human beings. God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till and keep it, and also the Lord God commanded the man. These verses sugge...
