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Travelers about to visit a foreign country often study a guidebook with information about that country. Especially helpful are clear, easy-to-use maps, background information on the local area, and articles about important sites to visit. Similarly, the Bible confronts many readers today with a kind of “foreign country in writing” whose customs and culture aren’t always clear. The Eerdmans...

declaring all of nature a mere creation of the one true God. Creation complete, the narrative quickly moves on to describe how this “good” world went bad. The writer first revisits day six by giving more details about the creation of humans. God first makes Adam (akin to the Hebrew word for “ground,” used to refer to humankind throughout the Old Testament) from the “dust of the earth” and breathes life into him. God provides sustenance for Adam in a garden called Eden (“delight”)
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