Genesis 1:1-2:3 and 2:4-25 give two separate accounts of creation. When read separately, the student does not typically understand how the two accounts fit together. The following chart gives the order of the events of creation in chronological order. https://www.howthebiblefitstogether.org/files/Gen-1-2a-Chronology.pdf

A chiasm is an inverted parallelism where words or themes are repeated in reverse order. When a chiasm has a center, the center is typically the climax of the chiasm. Genesis 1 - Joshua 24 is written as a thematic chiasm, with the climactic center being the making of the covenant at Sinai. https://www.howthebiblefitstogether.org/files/Gen-Josha-Chiasm.pdf

There is a parallel in the Bible between creation and the incarnation. There are, first of al,l fiat declarations by God the Father. In creation these are found throughout Genesis 1 "Let there be...." It is Gabriel who brings God's declaration to Mary in Luke 1:26-35. In both cases there is also a creaturely agency

Being divinely inspired by God, it is not surprising that there would be similarities between the first book of the Hebrew canon, Genesis, and the last book, Chronicles. (In the Hebrew canon, Chronicles is not divided into First and Second Chronicles.) Both books begin with references to Adam and his posterity and both books end

FromThere is a repeated order of events at creation, the crucifixion, Christ's return, and the consummation: there is a fall of Satan, darkness, a voice from heaven, heaven/veil splitting, an earthquake, and light. https://www.howthebiblefitstogether.org/files/Gen-1.2c-Darkness-to-Light.pdf

A chiasm is a literary structure where the words of the first section of a passage are repeated in reverse order in the second. Typically whatever is in the center of the chiasm is what is being emphasized. In Genesis 12:7, the emphasis is on the Lord giving Abram's offspring the Promised Land. https://www.howthebiblefitstogether.org/files/Gen-12.7a-Chiasm.pdf

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The Bible is filled with a literary structure called a chiasm. A chiasm is a form of writing where the words of parallel passages are repeated in inverted order as in the phrase " the first shall be last and the last first." C. John Collins suggests how to interpret them. https://www.howthebiblefitstogether.org/files/Gen-Reve-Interpreting-Chiasms.pdf

Genesis 2:4-5 has a similar structure to Genesis 1:1-2: There is a summary statement of what will follow (Gen 1:1; 2:4) which is followed by the existing condition at the beginning of the account (Gen 12:2; 2:5a). Genesis 2:5b then gives the reason for the existing condition of Genesis 2:5a. https://www.howthebiblefitstogether.org/files/Gen-2.4-5a-Same-Pattern-as-1.1-2.pdf

How did the twenty-four books of the Hebrew canon became the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament? The following chart shows how the changes were made. https://www.howthebiblefitstogether.org/files/Gen-2Chrc-Books-of-Hebrew-OT.pdf