A Study of Genesis<\/a>” for more about this and a list of those records.<\/p>\nThe Hebrew word\u00a0toledoth<\/i>, which means “records,” “history,” or “generations” is found at the end each record and serves as the signature line. Unfortunately, there are a number of translations that confuse things and in the margins or section headings make it sound like they are the starting points of the records. If they were the starting point, then you have the recorder writing about things happening after his death. But if you understand them as the signature line, then the events prior all happened just before or during the recorder’s lifetime.<\/p>\n
When you write a biography about yourself, typically you would start with a little bit about your family history and then launch into details about your life. Genesis is no different. From Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:4 (first part) is God’s record of the creation of the universe. Starting from Genesis 2:4 to Genesis 5:1 is Adam’s records. He mentions the creation but the first five days are vague because he wasn’t there. But he gives a great deal of detail about the sixth day.<\/p>\n
The next record goes from Genesis 5:1 to Genesis 6:4 and the recorder is Noah. You can see the change in style (it is most a genealogical record) and you again see that it starts with the creation, but only as a brief mention. That is because Noah came long after the creation. It is ancient history by his day, but it does serve as the starting point of the family tree that Noah records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Can you shed some light on the account of the creation in the Book of Genesis?\u00a0 In Genesis 1 you have man being created and then in Genesis 2 you have man being created again. Answer: Though attributed to Moses, the Bible never states that Moses was the original author (unlike the other four…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[302,189],"class_list":["post-20177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-creation","tag-genesis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7801,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-are-there-two-different-stories-of-creation-in-genesis\/","url_meta":{"origin":20177,"position":0},"title":"Why are there two different stories of creation in Genesis?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 14, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Why are there two different stories of creation in Genesis? Answer: Let's start with a basic observation: two people observing the same events will not give the same account. For example, an accident happens and the police gather information from the multiple witnesses, yet even if every witness told\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13194,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/which-book-is-the-oldest-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":20177,"position":1},"title":"Which book is the oldest in the Bible?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 3, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Which book is believed to be\u00a0the oldest book in the Bible? I found the following points: Many scholars agree that Job is the oldest book in the Bible, written by an unknown Israelite about 1500 B.C. Others hold that the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible) are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11817,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-the-most-quoted-old-testament-book-in-the-new-testament\/","url_meta":{"origin":20177,"position":2},"title":"What is the most quoted Old Testament book in the New Testament?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 27, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What is the second most influential book in the world today? What Old Testament book is the most quoted or referenced in the New Testament? Which book of the Bible is thought to be the oldest in terms of when it was written? Answer: \"Influential\" is a subjective term,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28873,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-makes-some-animals-clean-while-others-not\/","url_meta":{"origin":20177,"position":3},"title":"What makes some animals clean while others not?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: When God has created animals, he saw \"it was good\" (Genesis 1:25). Then why he told Noah that there are unclean animals (Genesis 7:2)? Aren't all animals created by God and \"it was good\"? What makes some animals clean while others not? 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I have heard this question asked before in other people's conversations and didn't get a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51787,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/im-confused-by-the-apparent-compilation-of-records-in-genesis\/","url_meta":{"origin":20177,"position":5},"title":"I’m confused by the apparent compilation of records in Genesis","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have been reading your material in Genesis and find your conclusions intriguing on the book being a collection of inspired records that Moses made under the direction of the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 I am creating material for my daily Genesis podcast, so I want to ensure that I'm accurately\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}