Genesis 1:1-2:4 constitutes the original creation story recorded in the Bible. It is written as an epic historical poetic narrative with a structure employing poetic constructs including chiastic structure, inclusio, temporal regression, parallelism, and repetition. The account is introduced by the colophon statement of Genesis 2:4 that in ancient times was placed at the end of a document.
The proper interpretation of Genesis 1 and the extraction of its literal meaning requires recognizing the poetic elements and metaphors and identifying the literal realities to which they correspond.
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