[RaceBannon]

Then Raschi is wrong. Genesis 1 is a clear telling in specifics of Creation, while Genesis 2 changes tone. It is tellng the same story, but using a different method. God is not contradicting Himself, He is just using a different method of telling the story across to us.

[monkeyshine]

Genesis 1 is a clear telling in specifics of Creation

I don't believe Rashi is wrong. Clearly Gen 1:2 reveals that the waters were created before the Heavens and the Earth as described in Gen 1:1. So when it says "In the beginning God Created the Heavens and the Earth" we find out in Gen 1:2 that he had already created the water before the "beginning". You just can't read it to be sequential.

[monkeyshine]

I'm not saying that God contradicts himself. He is merely revealing more about His methods.