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The '''creation story''' is the [[Bible|biblical]] account of the creation of the [[world]] by God, contained in the early chapters of the book of [[Genesis]] in the [[Old Testament]].

According to the first chapter of [[Genesis]] (including the first few verses of the second chapter), God (in the form of the plural ''Elohim'') created the world in six days ([[Hebrew]] ''yom''), before resting on the seventh.

Some believe that in chapter two, creation appears to take only one day (''yom'', cf verse 4), with man apparently being created before the plants have grown, and ''before'' the animals are created since, according to the text, God, having created man, specifically says or at least before they are brought before Adam. Those who take this view usually believe that he this apparent [[Alleged Bible contradictions|contradiction]] is creating them so evidence that the man should not be alonetwo chapters originated as two separate accounts.

Most Others see no lack of harmony among the world's academic Bible scholars explain this apparent [[Alleged Bible contradictions|contradiction]] by suggesting that the two chapters in fact originated as two quite separate accounts (see [[Genesis]]). Fundamentalist Conservative commentators, however, typically insist that but believe chapter two is not intended as a chronological account, and some argue to show the sixth day of creation from the view of man in the garden. It is also argued that the word 'formed' in verse 19 can legitimately be read as 'had formed' (as used in the NIV translation). Indeed, in that case with the garden (plants) already existing before man and animals already having been formed, but merely being brought before Adam, there is no contradiction at all.