What dose genesis 1 speak about?
Genesis 1 speaks about all 7 days of creation, it emphasises Gods greatness as the creator of the universe.
What does genesis 2 speak about?
The creation of Adam and Eve and the garden of Eden, it emphasises how God is all powerful.
At Augustine sources of authority:
“Born of your own substance”
“Created this out of nothing”
Source of authority Genesis 1;
“Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,and over the birds in the air, and over all the cattle, and over all the earth”
Source of authority Genesis 2:
“The Lord god formed Eve from Adam’s rib”
“The Lord formed Adam from the dust of the ground”
Genesis 1&2 Quotes.
God made everything that exists:
‘This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens’
‘Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep and the spirit of God was hovering over the waters ‘
Genesis 1 & 2 Quotes.
Everything God made was good:
‘God called the dry ground land and the gathered waters he called seas . And God saw that it was good.’
Genesis 1 & 2 Quotes.
Humans were the final act of Gods creation but the most important:
‘Then the Lord God formed the dust from the ground and breathed the breath into his nostrils that breath of life, and the man became a living being’
‘The Lord God said, “it is not good for man to be alone, I will make a suitable helper for him” ‘
‘The God said “let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky” ‘
