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According to the first chapter of the [[Bible]]'s book of [[Genesis]], God (in the form of the plural ''Elohim'') created the world in six days ([[Hebrew]] ''yom''), before resting on the seventh.
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#REDIRECT [[Biblical creation account]]
The things created on each day were:
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# Heavens, [[Earth]], and [[light]]
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# [[Sky]] and [[sea]]
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# Dry land and [[plant]]s
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# [[Sun]], [[moon]], and [[star]]s
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# [[Fish]] and [[bird]]s
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# Land [[animal]]s and [[homo sapiens|man]]
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In contrast to the chronological arrangement of chapter 1 (up to verse 4 of chapter 2), chapter 2 describes in greater detail the creation of man and the [[Garden of Eden]].
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Some believe that in chapter two, creation appears to take only one day (''yom'', cf verse 4), with man apparently being created before the plants have grown, and ''before'' the animals are created since, according to the text, God, having created man, specifically says that he is creating them so that the man should not be alone.
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Most of the world's academic Bible scholars  explain this apparent [[Alleged Bible contradictions|contradiction]] by suggesting that the two chapters in fact originated as two quite separate accounts (see [[Genesis]])<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis#Composition_and_date</ref>. Fundamentalist Conservative commentators, however, typically insist (usually without advancing any very cogent evidence<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v18/i4/genesis.asp</ref>)  that chapter two is not intended as a chronological account, and some are even prepared to argue (on the basis of the NIV version) that the word 'formed' in verse 19 can legitimately be read as 'had formed', notwithstanding the fact that the Hebrew original is clearly in the imperfect tense/mood ('formed', 'was forming') not the pluperfect ('had formed').[http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/c.pl?book=Gen&chapter=2&verse=19&version=KJV#19]
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==Sources==
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* Cruden, A., ''Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments'' (Lutterworth, 1930)
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* ''The Holy Bible'' (King James Version)
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* ''The New English Bible'' (Oxford & Cambridge University Presses, 1970)
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* ''The New Jerusalem Bible'' (Darton, Longman & Todd, 1990)
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* Peake, A.S., ''Commentary on the Bible'' (Nelson, 1962)
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* Young, R., ''Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible'' (Lutterworth, 1939)
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[[Category:Creationism]]
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== References ==
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