Hebrew Jahwist cosmogony

[Clair B]

Hebrews, The Jahwist tradition c 950 BC (Genesis 2:4-23)

• Yahweh creates the heavens and earth, no details provided
• Yahweh waters the earth and creates man from clay, followed by a garden.
  
• Man is assigned to tend the garden for Yahweh, but He realizes man is lonely and needs help and companionship, so creates animals
• Adam does not find a helper from the animals, so Yahweh creates woman
  
• They gain knowledge by heeding the advise of the serpent
  
• A river flows from Eden branching into four.