Parallelism in God's Creative Acts

Comparing Days 1-3 to Days 4-6

in Genesis 1:1-2:4a

DAY CREATIVE ACTIVITY DAY CREATIVE ACTIVITY

1st

Light

4th

Light-bearing objects (sun, moon, stars) that mediate what was created on the 1st day

2nd

Firmament

5th

Creatures that fly in the sky directly below the dome of the firmament and creatures that swim in the sea which are the waters that were below the firmament - what was created on the 2nd day becomes the environment for what was created on the 5th day

3rd

Dry land
Vegetation

6th

Creatures and humankind that inhabit the dry land which was created on the 3rd day - the vegetation created on the 3rd day serves as food for these new land beings - thus the dual creation on the 3rd day becomes the sustaining environment for the dual creaton of the 6th day

 

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