Genesis has contradictory accounts of
when and how Eve, the first woman,
was created. The Bible's first creation
story says that Eve was created at the
same time as Adam. The Bible's second
creation story says that Adam was
created first, then all the animals were
created, and finally Eve was created
from one of Adam's ribs. So when was
Eve created relative to Adam and other
animals?
First Human Creation Story
Genesis 1:27 : So God created man in
his own image, in the image of God
created he him; male and female
created he them.Second Human Creation Story
Genesis 2:18-22 : And the Lord God
said, It is not good that the man
should be alone; I will make him an
help meet for him. And out of the
ground the Lord God formed every
beast of the field, and every fowl of
the air; and brought them unto Adam
to see what he would call them: and
whatsoever Adam called every living
creature, that was the name thereof.
And Adam gave names to all cattle,
and to the fowl of the air, and to
every beast of the field; but for Adam
there was not found an help meet for
him. And the Lord God caused a deep
sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept:
and he took one of his ribs, and
closed up the flesh instead thereof;
And the rib, which the Lord God had
taken from man, made he a woman,
and brought her unto the manIt's interesting that so many people
remember the second story about Eve
being created from Adam's rib, but not
the first one. Granted, it's a more
engaging story with more going on, but
is it mere coincidence that it's also the
story in which woman is portrayed as
secondary to man?
Is it mere coincidence that the creation
story which churches emphasize is the
one in which woman was created
simply to help man while the creation
story where woman is created as an
equal alongside man is not?
So which story about the creation of Eve
is supposed to be the "correct" one? The
order and nature of events in these two
Bible stories are contradictory and they
cannot both be true, though they can
both be falseIs this a legitimate Bible contradiction
or can the two Genesis accounts of when
Eve was created be harmonized? If you
think you can resolve this Bible
contradiction, explain how — but your
solution cannot add anything new that's
not already in the stories and cannot
leave out any details that the Bible
provides.

Bring out your own account of happenings from the beginning of the world to now