Scholar Interpretations pt. 2

As a group, we all discussed and agreed with Sarna in saying that Genesis 2 is not another creation story, but a complement to and continuum of Genesis 1. God is the same entity in both accounts, but is just expressed in different terms.  We also agreed that without Genesis 1, Genesis 2 doesn’t really make sense when standing on it’s own. Genesis 2 needs Genesis 1 as a preceding creation story to set up for the story of Adam and Eve.