Genesis tells the creation story twice.

In Genesis 1, God creates humanity last, as the crown of a cosmic, ordered, six-day process. In Genesis 2, God forms the man first, from dust, before plants or animals exist, then builds the rest of creation around him. The accounts differ in sequence, emphasis, the name they use for God, and where they focus their attention.

These two accounts sit side by side in the same book, separated by a single verse. The question every attentive reader eventually asks is the same: Which one is right?

That question turns out to be the wrong question entirely. The right question opens both accounts into something far richer.