I believe that Genesis 2:4-7 is talking about cultivated plants that came
about with agriculture, and that Genesis 1 is talking about
vegetatation in general. This, however, is just a hypothesis.
Jeff
On Mon, 18 Mar 1996, Paul Arveson wrote:
> I am teaching a college class next week and I have a specific question regarding
> Genesis 2:4-7:
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> "In the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, when no plant
> of the field had yet sprung up -- ... (7) then the LORD God formed man ... (RSV)
>
> This passage clearly seems to imply that there was a short time between the
> creation of the plants on day 3, and the creation of man on day 6, because the
> plants had not yet had time to sprout. Is that reasonable?
>
> OR perhaps it could be construed that man was made potentially from the
> ground before the plants even evolved. Could that fit?
>
> OR it may mean something else. But the connection of Gen. 1 and Gen. 2
> narratives are linked by this passage. It's talking about "when". So it seems
> to suggest some kind of natural history, rather than an ahistorical framework.
> Any comments?
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> Any
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