There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
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There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Genesis 1:11-13 creates vegetation on day three, before humans arrive on day six. Genesis 2:4-9 has God forming the man first, then planting the garden and causing every tree to grow, placing plants after the human.
Critical scholarship: Leans toward a genuine contradiction.
The proposed answers and sources for each reading are on the question page.
Each section sets the viewpoints side by side; you weigh the evidence. Here, "critical scholarship" means academic study, not a value judgment. How this is built →
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"Genesis 1:13 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/genesis/1/13?version=WEB (retrieved 26 August 2026).