![]() God plants a garden "east of Eden" into which he places the first couple. The first woman is formed from the side of the first man. Man and woman are created to be God's regents over his creation.Ĭhapter two tells of YHWH-God creating the first man whom he forms from clay (or dust) and into whom he "breathes" the "breath of life". Ĭhapter one describes the creation of the world by Elohim (God), by means of divine fiat in six days and the designation of the seventh day as Sabbath, a holy (set apart) day of rest. ![]() It is a creation myth with similarities to several ancient Mesopotamian creation myths, while differing in its monotheistic outlook. As a sacred narrative of the primeval history of the world (chapters 1–11), it is part of the biblical canons of Judaism and Christianity. The Genesis creation narrative is the biblical account of the creation of the world contained in the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.
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