Genesis creation narrative

The Genesis creation narrative, found in the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis in the Bible, describes a supernatural beginning of the earth and life, ending with the creation of humans in the image of God. This creation narrative is part of the Bible of Judaism and Christianity.^[1]

Chapter 1 tells of God's creation of the world, ending with the consecration of the seventh day as the Sabbath. Man and woman are created to be God's rulers over the new creation. Chapter 2 tells of God's planting a garden in which he places the first man, and from whose rib he creates the first woman. The chapter ends by saying marriage is holy.

Genesis Creation Narrative Media

Cuneiform tablet with the Atra-Hasis Epic in the British Museum
Marduk, god of Babylon, destroying Tiamat, the dragon of primeval chaos
The first day of creation, by Jean Colombe from the Heures de Louis de Laval [fr] (see Louis de Laval)
The Creation – Bible Historiale (c. 1411)
The Creation of the Animals (1506–1511), by Grão Vasco
Seventh Day of Creation, from the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel
The Creation by Lucas Cranach, 1534

References

↑ Leeming 2004 - "Although it is canonical for both Christians and Jews, and in part for followers of Islam, different emphases are placed on the story by the three religions."

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[1] Leeming 2004 - "Although it is canonical for both Christians and Jews, and in part for followers of Islam, different emphases are placed on the story by the three religions."

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