randman writes:
Genesis does not state the animals were created after Adam.
You didn't tell us where you got this quote:
quote:
"Now, the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and ...... He brought them to the man..."
What translation?
The KJV says:
quote:
Gen 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
The KJV doesn't say "had formed". It says "formed" - i.e.
after Adam. Maybe somebody can tell us which is the better translation?
Genesis 1: 27 strongly suggests the order of Genesis 2 in the creation of Adam first.
Again, not according to the KJV:
quote:
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Gen 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Look at the tense again: "have dominion over... every living thing that
moveth upon the earth." Not "every living thing that I am going to create after you."
Notice also that in Genesis 1, there is no mention that man and woman were created separately, while in Genesis 2, the order is man, then animals, then woman.
In the KJV, at least, the orders
are significantly different, unless you're desparate to apologize them into agreement.
People who think they have all the answers usually don't understand the questions.