"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?
Any
Paul Arveson, Research Physicist
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