KGB Genesis 1,2,3
Genesis 1 portrays God all being all mighty. We are told this in the very first verse: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth,” (1:1). And through the descriptions of God separating light from darkness, in creating the first day, water, land, and plant life–we are made to understand that God is creating a home for life, in general, to exist. God is organized by understanding what needs to be created and in what order. God is patient in the extensive creation of the earth and God is generous with the life that he gives to earth. Most importantly, Genesis 1 states that first, God created man in his own image and then he created the two sexes, male and female (2:27.)
Genesis 2 is a bit different from Genesis 1 in the way that God is made relatable with human-like qualities. This is portrayed in 2:2 with God needing to rest on the seventh and last day of work after having created the earth and man. It was valuable for me to learn in class that Genesis 2 and 3 were created before Genesis 1, as the human-like quality of being tired after creating the earth isn’t at all expressed in Genesis 1. In Genesis 2, God’s creations are man and the garden of Eden. It is specifically stated that God intended humans to dominate over all other living creatures on earth, creatures that he created in Genesis 1 (2:28). Unlike Genesis 1, God forms man from the dust of the Earth and then places him in the garden of Eden, showing that he intended for a higher purpose for mankind (2:7). When Adam is in Eden, God puts him into a deep sleeps so that he can create woman from one of Adam’s ribs. It shocks me how different the creation of man and woman is in Genesis 1 and 2. With verse 2:7, Genesis 2 clearly states that man was created first and woman was made from him (2:21) because it is not good for man to be alone while Genesis 1 states that the two sexes were made at the same time (2:18.)
In Genesis 3, it’s made clear that God’s intentions are to keep humans ignorant for all eternity, only for a serpent to ruin his plans. This is first expressed in 2:17 when God bans man from eating for the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and warns him that he will die if he does. In Genesis 3, it is the woman that the serpent talks to, not man. God only warned Adam to not eat from the tree of knowledge but not Eve, as woman is created after this conversation, from the rib of Adam. Woman is targeted and perhaps it is because the snake knows she is more ignorant than Adam. Gods are all knowing so it confuses me as to why God would put Adam and Eve in a place where he must know they will be tempted.
God is angered by Adam and Eve’s actions, and shows a bit more anger towards Eve by cursing woman to experience painful childbirth for all eternity (3:16). But I believe that God is truly angered because he did not expect Adam and Eve’s actions and because it ultimately reflects back on him, as he created man in his own image.
