Updated Chart of Genesis 1 Parallels

Creation Day and Events

Genesis 1:1-2:4 (YLT)

Genesis 1 Parallels and Comments

Genesis 2:4 These [are] births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;

Summary statement of the whole work placed at the end in ancient texts. (Toldot theory)

Big Bang Elements Formed

Genesis 1:1In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth

Multiple generations of stars produce the full array of elements from which the Sun, Earth, and Moon formed. Formation of all types of galaxies, stars, planets, astroids, comets, moons, quasars, and blackholes.

Solar Ignition of the Sun

And God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary

2

Moon-forming impact

…and the small luminary

Ongoing star formation

-- and the stars —

Hadean (The Birth of the Deep)

the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness [is] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

Light from the new Sun cannot penetrate the thick atmosphere of Earth created by the conditions of the Late Heavy Bombardment (LHB).

Conditions

Earth formless, void, darkened

Heavens formed, filled, illumined

Late Heavy Bombardment

…and darkness [is] on the face of the deep…

DAY 1 Archean (The Birth of Day and Night)

[Ordained] `Let light be;’

Luminaries light the Deep and the Earthto give Light upon the Earth:’

1

and light is. 4 And God seeth the light that [it is] good,

to give light upon the earth,…

3

[Separated]and God separateth between the light and the darkness,

Luminaries separate Day and Nightto make a separation between the day and the night,…

1

[Called] 5 and God calleth to the light `Day,' and to the darkness He hath called `Night;'

for the rule of the day, … for the rule of the night;…

2

and to rule over day and over night,

3

and to make a separation between the light and the darkness;

Oxygenation Event

And there was evening and there was morning — day one.

DAY 2 Proterozoic (The Birth of the Protective Firmament)

And God saith,

Luminaries Appear in the Expanse

[Ordained] `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters,…

`Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens,…

1

and let it be separating between waters and waters.’

[Fulfilled] And God maketh the expanse,

and they have been for luminaries in the expanseof the heavens,…

2

and it separateth between the waters which [are] under the expanse, and the waters which [are] above the expanse: and it is so.

[Called] And God calleth to the expanse`Heavens;'

and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens

3

Snowball Earth

And there was evening and there was morning — day second.

DAY 3 Paleozoic Mesozoic (The Birth of the Continents and Seas and Plants)

And God saith,

And God saith,

`Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place,

`Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature,

1

and let the dry land be seen:'

and fowl let fly on the earthon the face of the expanse of the heavens.’

2

and it is so.

And God calleth to the dry land `Earth,'

`Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas,

2

and to the collection of the waters He hath called `Seas;'

and the fowl let multiply in the earth:'

1

and God seeth that [it is] good.

And God saith,

And God saith,

`Let the earth yield tender grass,

`Let the earth bring forththe living creature after its kind, cattle

1

herb sowing seed,

and creeping thing,

2

fruit-tree (whose seed [is] in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:'

and beast of the earth after its kind:'

3

and it is so.

and it is so.

And the earth bringeth forth tender grass,

And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind,

3

herb sowing seed after its kind,

and the cattle after their kind,

1

and tree making fruit (whose seed [is] in itself) after its kind;

and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind,

2

and God seeth that [it is] good;

and God seeth that [it is] good.

Fruit Trees Radiate

And there was evening and there was morning — day third.

DAY 4 Upper Cretaceous (The Birth of Signs, Seasons, Days, and Years)

`Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens,

Luminaries appear in the sky on Day 2.

1

to make a separation between the day and the night,

Luminaries separate day and night on Day 1.

1

[to signify signs, seasons, days, years]then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,

God's providence in creating the luminaries and so ordering them to serve the needs of plant, beast, and man.

and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens,

The expanse of the heavens opened on Day 2, at which time the lumenaries shown forth.

2

to give Light upon the Earth:’

Refering the light-giving role of the luminaries as fulfilled since Day 1.

1

and it is so.

Now luminaries also serve as signs.

And God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary and the small luminary - and the stars -

In the beginning, God filled the heavens with lights.

2

The separation of day from night by the luminaries ordained on Day 1.

2

and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens

Repetition highlights the poetic structure and underscores God is the One who did this when He formed the expanse on Day 2.

3

to give light upon the earth,

Ordained on Day 1

3

and to rule over day and night,

Ordained on Day 1

3

and to make a separation between the light and the darkness;

Ordained on Day 1

and God seeth that [it is] good;

God's signifies approval. Begun on Day 1, expanded on Day 2, completes on Day 4.

K-T Extinction

And there was evening and there was morning — day fourth.

DAY 5 Paleogene (The Birth of Modern Fish and Birds)

And God saith,

`Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature,

1

and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'

2

And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind

and God seeth that [it is] good. And God blesseth them, saying,

`Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas,

1

and the fowl let multiply in the earth:'

2

E-O Extinction

And there was evening and there was morning — day fifth.

Oligocene (The Birth of Specially Endowed Plants)

giving of plants for mankind, beasts, birds, and every creeping thing The sudden appearance of 60 species of grasses, fruit trees, and other plants that utilized effecient C4 photosynthesis fueled the rapid ascendancy of mammals.

DAY 6 Neogene (The Birth of Cattle, Small Mammals, and Wild Animals)

And God saith,

`Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle

1

and creeping thing,

2

and beast of the earth after its kind:'

3

it is so

And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind,

3

and the cattle after their kind,

1

and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind,

2

and God seeth that [it is] good.

And God saith,

`Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness,

and let them rule (3 dominions)

over fish of the

sea,

1

and over fowl of the

heavens,

2

and over cattle,

1

and over all the earth,

2

and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the

earth.'

3

3

27 And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth (3-fold command)

and subdue it and rule (3 dominions)

over fish of the

sea,

1

and over fowl of the

heavens,

2

and over every living thing that is creeping upon the

earth.”

3

And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you (3 groups of plants; man plus 3 groups of creatures)

every herb sowing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth,

1

and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree sowing seed,

2

Quaternary (The Birth of the Human Race in Adam and Eve)

to you it is for food;

and to every beast of the earth,

1

and to every fowl of the heavens,

2

and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which [is] breath of life,

3

every green herb [is] for food:’

3

and it is so.

31 And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good;

Special creation of Adam and Eve

Toba Volcano

And there was evening and there was morning — day the sixth.

DAY 7Anthropozoic (This Generation)

Genesis 2:1 And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; 2 and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made. 3 And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.

4 These [are] births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;

The Fall

The Flood

Abraham

Christ

The Church

The Harvest at the End of the Age

The Age to Come

The New Heavens and the New Earth

Kingdom of Light

Outer Darkness

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