Contrast between Genesis I and IIWhere Genesis I describes a more ordered creation - the manifestation of a more primitive cultural influence than that responsible for the multi-layered creation in Genesis II - the second The Creation story focuses less on an etiological justification for the physical world and examines the ramifications of humanity's existence and relationship with God. Instead of the simple, repetitive refrains of Genesis I, "and God saw that it was good" ( Genesis 1:12, 18, 21, 25), Genesis II presents a stylistically more advanced look at "the day that the Lord God made the earth." and the heavens" (Gen 2:4). Although both stories represent different versions of the same biblical event, Genesis II is significantly more complex than its predecessor and serves to both quantify the relationship between God and his creations and also lay the foundation for the evolution of human history. the stories are supposed to be related – even interchangeable – the only similarity they share is the presence of the almighty God and His role in the creation of the earth. Where the first creation describes a detailed six-day process in which God first delineates day and night, establishes the physical world, and then finally creates man, the second creation is a much simpler process, almost contradictory to the rigid program of the first story. .In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the sky, when as yet no plant of the field was in the earth and no herb of the field had yet grown, because the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no one that he worked the land; but a stream would rise from the earth and water the entire surface of the land - t...... middle of the paper ......nt both in style and content. Where Genesis I portrays a creation in which an omnipotent God forms order out of chaos and places humanity at the center of this new world, Genesis II delves into the roles and origins of man and woman and their reason for existence. This juxtaposition of simple history and deeper meaning further illustrates the social evolution of Jewish culture and its conscious shift to a patriarchal system – a parallel transition from chaos to order. Works Cited: Countryman, William. "What can the biblical account of creation tell us?" Washington, DC: Integrity. 1992.Fox, Robin Lane. The Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible. New York: Vintage, 1991. Ingersoll, Robert G. About the Holy Bible. Np: np, 1894.Spong, John Shelby. Creation narrative: myth or reality? San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1994.