Most teachers of the Bible say that Gen chp1 is a prefaces or a overview and chapter two is a more in detail .

Some say that chapter one is the creation of the nations and chapter two is the creation of the Jewish race which would bring forth Christ.

I have heard it taught that Adam's first wife was Lilith and because she would not submit to Adam [for she was created at the same time as Adam] she was banished from the garden and some Jewish sects still wear amulets to protect their newborns from her spirit which is called a succubus.

She is blamed for bringing young boys dreams which cause nocturnal emissions which there is a law against in the Bible.

The number of God's depend on whether you believe in the Trinity as the Catholic church teaches it or as some believe that God and Jesus are separate individuals.

Childbearing is not sinful I have read that the punishment for Eve's sin was that instead of a twice a year cycle it became every month.

Some have taught that in the beginning people were supposed to speak life into existence the same way God did.

For all the pain that childbearing brings the first sound of crying wipes it away [or so I have been told]

God created the earth and told man to partake of everything the God planted a garden and placed Adam in it and said except for the TREE OF LIFE.

On research and just plain believing I have come to the conclusion that Jerusalem was and is the Garden of Eden.

When God told Adam that he would surely die it was a spiritual death not a physical one.

If I drank poison I might die then or I might die later.

Man was destined to live forever.

God did not say when God just said he would.

It has been said that when the Hebrew text were written they had no punctuation or chapter or verses that is why I study with different people who have access to those manuscripts and learn from them.

A lot of the answers to the so- called contradictions can be found in Jewish traditions.

The Bible talks of the mystery hid in God.

It all boils down to faith.

People build entire doctrines on verse that they interpret their way.

My doctrine is

JESUS LIVED!

JESUS DIED!

JESUS AROSE!

JESUS TOOK AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD TO BRING US BACK TO THE FATHER!

The contradictions to me is because some people don't look past the word's on paper.

There are a lot of hidden nuggets that you have to pull out.

The Bible is not just a book it is a story of salvation and grace and God had his plans made from before the foundation of the world.

There is a lot of violence and bad things that happen but that just shows how much God hates sin and how holy God is.

This was the way that it was dealt with before the sacrifice of the Son which paid for all sins.

Without the acceptance of the cross and the resurrection those who don't accept will be dealt with the same way on judgment day.

Be Blessed!