The third day was a busy day. God separated the waters from the earth, named them, and liked what He saw. Then He created "plants yielding seed and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed" and liked what He saw. The sixth day was also a busy day, for on that day God created the beasts of the earth and man. And this time "God saw everything that He had made and behold, it was very good". The image that one receives from this priestly hymn of the first chapter of Genesis is of a benevolent creator who has created an orderly universe and is pleased with the results. However, Biblical scholarship indicates that this elegantly structured story is a fairly late composition (possibly after the Exile) and was probably compiled by a pnestly group. In the myth cycle of Genesis 2 : 4 to 9 : 29 one has, for the most part, a distinctly older source: the so-called J source. J refers to the word used for God, i.e. Yahweh or Jehovah. Indeed, this God almost seems to be a different person from the God of Genesis 1. He is some-DAVID S. MOYER obtained an M.A. from Harvard University and a Ph.D.
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