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ContradictionsintheBible?DoGenesischapters1and2conflict? Manyscoffersclaimthatthe Bible is full of contradictions. They will nearly always citeGenesis1and2asexamples.1.Genesis1:11hasthetreesmadeonday3beforeman;Genesis2:8hasthetreesmadeonday6afterman.2.Genesis1:20hasbirdsmadeoutofthewateronday5;Genesis 2:19 has birds made out of the ground (after man) onday6.3.Genesis1:24,25hastheanimalsmadeonday6beforeman;Genesis2:19hasthe animalsmadeonday6afterman.39Folks, the onlycontradictions in the Bible areAPPARENT contradictions.Many are dealt with on thevideo #7 and on the web sitewww.drdino.com.If God had made Adamlast, Satan could claim that hecreateditall. Adamwouldnothave seen God do it. Eve wasmadelast anddidnotseeGodcreate anything. She was theoneSatandeceived.Hereisthesolution.Creation Science Evangelism •29 Cummings Road •Pensacola, Florida 32503Acarefulreadingofthetwochapterswillshowthesolutionforeachofthesupposedcontradictions.Explanationof supposedcontradiction1:a. Chapter1tellstheentirestoryintheorderithappened.b. Genesis 2:4–6 gives aquick summary of the first five days ofcreation.c. Genesis 2:7–25 is describing only the events that took placeonday6intheGardenofEden.d. ThetreesdescribedinGenesis2:8areonlyintheGarden(therest of the world is already full of trees from day 3). The purposeofthissecondcreationoftreesmayhavebeentoletAdamseethatGoddid have power to create, that He was not just taking credit for theexisting world. Notice that the second creation of trees was still onday 6and was only those trees that are “pleasant to the sight andgoodforfood.”Explanationof supposedcontradiction2:Thebirdscreatedoutofthegroundonday6areonlyoneofeach“kind” so that Adam can name them and select awife. The rest oftheworldisfullofbirdsfromday5.Explanationof supposedcontradiction3:Genesis 2:19 is describing only the animals created in theGarden, after man. The purpose of this second batch of animalsbeing created was so that Adam could name them (Genesis 2:19)and select awife (Genesis 2:20). Adam did not find asuitable one(Godknewhewouldn’t),soGodmadeEve(Genesis2:21–22).There are no contradictions between these two chapters.Chapter2onlydescribesinmoredetailtheeventsintheGardenofEdenonday6.IfancientmanhadwrittentheBible(assomescofferssay), he would never have made it say that the light was madebefore the sun! Many ancient cultures worshiped the sun as thesourceof life. God is light. God madethe light beforeHe made thesunsowecouldseethat He(notthesun)isthesourceoflife.