Gen 2:4 | KingComments | STEP | In begins again a report of what happened at creation, with the addition of some new details. That is done brief. It is as it were a quick run-up to the actual subject: the human being. It is expressly stated that man is not yet there. That man is the writer’s concern is also evident from the name used for God from , “LORD God”, Jahwe Elohim , that is the name that indicates His relationship with man.

‏ Genesis 2:4

Creation Before Man Was There

In Gen 2:4 begins again a report of what happened at creation, with the addition of some new details. That is done brief. It is as it were a quick run-up to the actual subject: the human being. It is expressly stated that man is not yet there. That man is the writer’s concern is also evident from the name used for God from Gen 2:4, “LORD God”, Jahwe Elohim, that is the name that indicates His relationship with man.