Covenantal Documentation – Genesis 2:1-9

Just as categories are provided from the first days of creation differentiating creatures from one another according to their kinds, so it is with the record of Biblical history following creation. The calling of man and his record of faithfulness or lack thereof is clearly accounted for in the unfolding historical record. The need for salvation and a savior to intervene becomes more and more apparent as time unfolds. Genesis is structured in part as a record of the dominion activity of man in the patriarchal period. The command of Genesis is 1:28 toward fruitfulness, multiplication, fulfillment, and subjugation of the earth established the calling of man under God and over creation. Will the first Adam succeed in his task?