Q:  What about the first woman. In Gen 1: 27 it states that “male and female he created them” –both of them. Yet the first woman Eve doesn’t really show up until much later in 2: 22? A:  Gen. 1 gives us the summary and the general order of creation while chapter 2 goes back […]

Q:  In Genesis there seems to a contradiction. Gen 1:25 shows God creating animals first then Man, yet later in Gen.2:18 he creates Man first and then the animals. Please explain. A:  The creation process and order is summarized in Genesis one then in the second chapter the details are filled in pertaining to the […]

Q:  Were the ‘Days’ in Genesis One 24 hours long? A:  The Hebrew word used for ‘day’ in Genesis one does not necessarily indicate a 24 hour unit of time. It can also mean a larger indefinite span of time. Although most of the time in the scriptures according to the context it does stand […]