st that God uses humans to work in his creation and keep it nice, and also that God commands humans to do certain things. This second version of creation depicts God as being superior to humans, because God uses humans to do work for him. Also, God is shown to be less powerful than in the first version where God has the power of divine speech. Just as God is depicted in these stories of creation there is also given to us a description of human beings.In the first version, God makes humans the rulers over all creatures on the earth, and gives them all the plants on the earth as food. God also says that humans and all he has created are good. And God saw that it was good is a line that is said five different times during the first story of creation giving us the impression that humans were very pleasing to God. The second version gives a different depiction of human beings. This version never compares the human image as to that of God, but rather that man is made from dust. Man is also given more responsibility in the second version. Man has to till the garden and keep it up, and also he is given the responsibility of naming every living creature on the face of the earth. Man is in favor with God in this version also, but not to the extent of the first version. The second version never says that God is pleased with man or of anything that God has made. It is only said that God wants what is good for man, showing that God cares for man, but does not necessarily enjoy him as in the first version.These two separate versions of creation give a good explanation for the existence of the world, but they also raise an important question. Why would the Bible, the foundation of Jewish and Christian religion, give two different accounts for creation? It seems odd to have two contrasting views on such an important subject. I dont know that there is an answer as to why there are these two different versions. I believe the reason to be ...
