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Genesis 2:1-3 – Day 7 Conclusion of creation, rest and blessing

1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
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them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and
he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God
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blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all
his work that he had done in creation.(ESV)

God’s creative process was concluded on Day 6 with man as the final created being. Some people say
that God is still creating today; however, these verses make it clear that the creation is complete by this
time. We need to remember that part of the creation is the divine insight that places within it the ability
to sustain itself. For instance, reproduction is not a creative process. Cells of the embryo are brought
into existence from pre-existing cells (one from the father and one from the mother). Reproduction
shows divine insight in helping the creation be sustainable.

Genesis 2:4-7 – The details of the creation of man

These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that
the LORD God made the earth and the heavens. When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no
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small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and
there was no man to work the ground, and a mistwas going up from the land and was watering the
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whole face of the ground— then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. (ESV)

This section of Scripture is a recap of Genesis 1:26-27. It provides more detail into the account. This
section also tells us what man’s purpose was – to till the ground. The idea here is not that God is
condoning tillage but rather that God is establishing man as the steward of His creation.

While both animals and man have nephesh, only man has the breath of God in him. God created a
special connection with man that he did not with animals. This is important to remember today as many
people would claim that animals have rights and that animals are equal with humans. While animals are
to be treated humanely, they are not equal with man and they do not share the same closeness with
God that man does. They are not eternal beings, and they are not given any commands of God other
than be fruitful and multiply. God has a much more intimate relationship with man.

Genesis 2:8-17 – The Garden of Eden

8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the
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man whom he had formed. And out of the ground the LORD God made to
spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree
of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil.
10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and
became four rivers. The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that
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flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. And the gold
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of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is
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the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which
flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
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