In the first, earth is a chaos covered with water. The waters must be assuaged before vegetation can appear. In the second, earth is at first a dry plain. Vegetation cannot exist because there is no moisture. "For the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth" (ii, 5). 3. In the first, plants are created from the earth--are a product of the earth. "And the earth brought forth grass and herb" (i, 12). In the second, they are created independent of the earth--are created by God and then transferred to earth. "The Lord God made the earth and the heavens, and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew" (ii, 4, 5). 4. In the first, fowls, fish, and aquatic animals form one act of creation--land animals and reptiles another; the former being created on the fifth day, the latter on the sixth (i, 21-25). In the second, fowls and land animals are created at the same time--form one creation act (ii, 19). 5. In the first, fowls are created out of the water. "And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth" (i, 20). In the second, fowls are created out of the ground. "Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every fowl of the air" (ii, 19). 6. In the first, trees are created before man. Trees appear on the third day, while man does not appear until the sixth day. In the second, trees are created after man. "And the Lord God formed man; ... planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree," etc. (ii, 7, 8.) 7. In the first, fowls are created before man--are created on the fifth day, while the creation of man does not occur until the sixth day. In the second, fowls are created after man. "The Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them" (ii, 19). 8. In the first, man is created after the beasts. God's first work on the sixth day was the creation of beasts, his last work was the creation of man (i, 24-31). In the second, man is created before the beasts. God makes man before he plants the garden of Eden, while beasts are not made until after the garden is planted (ii, 7-19). 9. In the first, man and woman are created at the same time. "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them" (i, 27). In the second, woman is created after man. The writer supposes a considerable period of time to have elapsed between the creation of man and the creation of woman. God creates man; then he plants a garden and places the man there to tend it; next he makes the animals and birds and brings them to Adam to name; finally he concludes that Adam needs a helpmate, and taking a rib from his body, creates woman. 10.