Biblical creation account Summary of the creation account For a
more detailed treatment, see Creation week. Genesis 1:1 to 2:3
describes how God created light and darkness, heaven and earth,
the seas and plants, the sun, moon and stars, the fishes and
birds, the animals and then man over the course of six 'days'
(Hebrew yom), before resting on the seventh day. Adam and Eve,
and the Garden of Eden From Genesis 2:4 to the end of the
chapter, the creation of the first man and woman, Adam and Eve,
is described, along with the garden into which they were placed.
The account also records that God brought various creatures to
Adam to name. None of them made a suitable helper for Adam, so
God created a woman for Adam. Although God had told Adam that he
could eat any of the trees in the garden except one. However,
Genesis 3 describes how Eve then Adam disobeyed God and ate from
that one tree. In response, God banished Adam and Eve from the
Garden and imposed other punishments. Genesis 4 relates that
Cain, one of Adam