# Genesis 1:1–2:3 is the panorama, Genesis 2:4ff is Adam's investiture: a textual case. Where does it break?

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**Created:** [October 6, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/genesis-1-1-2-3-is-the-panorama-genesis-2-4ff-is-adams-investiture-a-textual-case-where-does-it-break/18097 "2026-10-06T17:05:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Harshman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/john_harshman/32/1121_2.png) [@John\_Harshman](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/John_Harshman)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/genesis-1-1-2-3-is-the-panorama-genesis-2-4ff-is-adams-investiture-a-textual-case-where-does-it-break/18097/21 "2026-10-23T00:53:19Z")

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> [@MCingolani](#):
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> If your “no” rests on the Hebrew text, I would be very interested in the textual reason.

It rests on the English text only, I’m afraid, and not on the word choice or style, just on the incompatibility of events in the two stories. And on their apparent purposes: Affirming that God is the creator in the first case and that we are estranged from God by disobedience in the second. The second story also serves as a just so story explaining why life is hard and why we don’t like snakes.

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