> >Was Eve created on the sixth day?
> >
> >Is this clear?
Obviously, this depends on what one means by the sixth day. A
twenty-four hour day runs into problems with the different frameworks
of Genesis 1:1-2:3 and 2:4ff, not to imply discrepant sources
carelessly assembled but rather different emphasis and imagery. For
example, if every in 2:19 is taken in a global sense, Adam has to
invent a whole lot of names in a very short time to eliminate all the
alternatives within 24 hours. On the other hand, accepting a more
limited use of every in 2:19 makes it even harder to justify
insistance on a global use of every in chapters 6 through 9. Events
from several days of Chapter 1 are in the day of 2:4ff, again making
it hard to correlate if a one-week framework is imposed. On the other
hand, if by created on the sixth day one means forming a part of the
creation described in 1:24-31, Eve fits that.
David C.
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