Happy New Year! Genesis 1-4

Happy New Year Everyone! The Resoultion is off an kicking as I made my way through the first four chapters of Genesis. I know my original plan had me go until the 3rd chapter, but then I realized that the reading plan was for a KJV translation and thus did not have the Bonus Books of a Catholic Bible (which I am going to use*). I'll post the updated reading schedule below in case you want to follow along (which you totally should!)



Anyways, a lot happens in the first four chapters of Genesis- mainly, the earth was made in six days (remember, God rested on the seventh) and then made Adam and Eve, who screwed things up by eating forbidden fruit. Adam and Eve get kicked out of Eden, have a few kids (Cain and Abel), and then Cain kills Abel and is banished, but somehow finds a wife (Ummmmm where did she come from?). Really, it's more of a soap opera than a Bible story, but that's okay. One passage I did find interesting was after Eve ate the fruit, God punished her by making child birth much more painful. Thanks, Eve.



I wonder if this is only coincidence, but the story of Adam and Eve/ Eve eating the forbidden fruit sounds a whole lot like the story of Pandora's Box. I'm sure somewhere, early Jewish writers got their hands on some sort of mythology text from the Ancients, but it just seems interesting. Case for Faith or Case against Faith? I guess it depends on which side you stand on, really.



Case Against Faith: Looking at the similarities of the stories might suggest that really, Adam and Eve is just a copycat and therefore in no way, shape, or form, correct.



Case For Faith: Could this possibly be the same incident told through different points of view? Hmm...I'm not a religious scholar and don't pretend to be, so maybe someone has done a great deal of research on this and if you know of any, please let me know! It does facinate me. If not, well, maybe I've found my undergrad research topic.



Alright, well, as promised, the correct January Reading Schedule:
1. Genesis 1:1 to 4:26
2. Genesis 5:1 to 9:29
3. Genesis 10:1 to 16:16
4. Genesis 17:1 to 20:18
5. Genesis 21:1 to 24:67
6. Genesis 25:1 to 27:46
7. Genesis 28:1 to 30:43
8. Genesis 31:1 to 35:29
9. Genesis 36:1 to 39:23
10. Genesis 40:1 to 42:38
11. Genesis 43:1 to 46:34
12. Genesis 47:1 to 50:26
13. Exodus 1:1 to 5:23
14. Exodus 6:1 to 9:35
15. Exodus 10:1 to 13:22
16. Exodus 14:1 to 17:16
17. Exodus 18:1 to 22:32
18. Exodus 23:1 to 26:37
19. Exodus 27:1 to 29:46
20. Exodus 30:1 to 33:23
21. Exodus 34:1 to 37:29
22. Exodus 38:1 to 40:38
23. Leviticus 1:1 to 6:30
24. Leviticus 7:1 to 10:20
25. Leviticus 11:1 to 13:59
26. Leviticus 14:1 to 17:16
27. Leviticus 18:1 to 21:24
28. Leviticus 22:1 to 24:23
29. Leviticus 25:1 to 27:34
30. Numbers 1:1 to 3:51
31. Numbers 4:1 to 6:27