from his work. There are parallels between the first three days and the second three days: Day 1: Creation of light Day 4: Creation of “lights,” that is, sun, moon, and stars Day 2: Creation of sea and sky Day 5: Creation of fish in the sea and birds in the sky Day 3: Creation of dry land and plants Day 6: Creation of animals and man; plants given for food The schematization of these parallels is clear, as is the repetitive use of various formulae, such as “And it was so,” “God saw that it was good,”