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Genesis 1:1–2:3 In the beginning (prologue) Genesis 2:4–4:26 Toledot of Heaven and Earth (narrative) Genesis 5:1–6:8 Toledot of Adam (genealogy, see Generations of Adam) Genesis 6:9–9:29 Toledot of Noah (Genesis flood narrative) Genesis 10:1–11:9 Toledot of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth (genealogy) Genesis 11:10–26 Toledot of ...
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The Bible starts with the creation account, which occurs in six days. On the first day God creates light; on the second, the firmament of heaven; on the third, he separates water and land, and creates plant life; on the fourth day he creates the sun, moon, and stars; on the fifth day marine life and birds; on the sixth day land animals, and man and woman.
The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth [a] of both Judaism and Christianity, [1] told in the Book of Genesis ch. 1–2. While the Jewish and Christian tradition is that the account is one comprehensive story, [2] [3] modern scholars of biblical criticism identify the account as a composite work [4] made up of two stories drawn from different sources.
The creation of a literalist chronology of the Bible faces several hurdles, of which the following are the most significant: . There are different texts of the Jewish Bible, the major text-families being: the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the original Hebrew scriptures made in the last few centuries before Christ; the Masoretic text, a version of the Hebrew text curated by the Jewish ...