ext_10527 ([identity profile] rj-anderson.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] dreamer_easy 2005-11-03 01:24 pm (UTC)

Nothing to reconcile, as far as I've ever been able to see (and I remember being truly boggled when I first heard someone say the two chapters contradicted/were "obviously" different accounts). Chapter one is a broad, sequential view of creation, an overview or outline, if you like; chapter two focuses specifically on the creation of man and woman and how it came about, putting man at the centre of the narrative where he will remain for the rest of the book. Ch. 1 is chronological in nature, ch. 2 is thematic.

(And yes, that is the reference I meant. :)

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