So, this chapter expands a bit on the creation of man (and woman). The description of the garden of Eden is pretty neat, though the inclusion of the description of the four rivers is rather surprising - it doesn't really seem to fit, unless the rivers are still in the same place even after the flood.
The real gem here is the description of God creating woman and the foundation it makes for marriage. Having just passed our 4th anniversary, I can truly say that my wife is my helpmate. It seems that some translations bring this across more literally as the woman "corresponding to" the man, or matching, and when God brings two people together under His plans it definitely feels like that :)
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Wouldn't it be cool to see the Garden of Eden in its pristine state? Nice of you to 'flesh' out the different translations, too, (pun intended ;).
Keep crackin'!
Tony A.
You may get a little more help than you are looking for sometimes...! You'll have to tell me more about the rivers too.
It makes sense to me that maybe those rivers would be in the same place after the flood. I don't really know by what mechanic a flood would erase all rivers.
Some people say that the flood did not cover the entire earth. Here is an interesting example:
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/localflood.html
The Biblical and physical evidence seems to be that the flood was over all the 'land' that was known in that day, as opposed to over the entire earth as we know it today. Wouldn't it be exceptional if Noah built an ark large enough to hold two or even seven of all of the species on earth?
http://archive.wri.org/item_detail.cfm?id=535§ion=pubs&page=pubs_content_text&z=?
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