d not be alone, so he makes animals and allows the man to name them all. Still unsatisfied, God puts the man into a deep sleep so he can take a rib from his chest. Out of the rib the Lord God made a woman and presents her to him. God lets him name her too; "'This one shall be called Woman'". God and the Lord are both satisfied with the Woman and the two live together naked and unashamed.
             This story, unlike the first creation story written in list form, could be considered either a myth or a legend. A myth because it is a traditional story that's explains the phenomenon of the creation of the earth and a legend because it is an unauthenticated story, sometimes thought to be historical, that has been preserved by oral tradition. The author uses narration as a simple, yet effective, approach to describing the Garden of Eden, the land around it and God's cre
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