1. The opening verses of genesis are ambiguous because they give no descriptions. There is no explanation of what anything looked like, so the reader is left to interpret the words in their own way. Another thing that i found interesting about the first few lines is how choppy they sound when read aloud.
While i'm not extremely familiar with other creation myths, i find that this is one of the least descriptive i have ever read. For one thing, God has no name. He is not a god, but the only God. I also noticed that many other creation myths anthropomorphize the earth, sea, sun, and moon, while this one does not.
5. To me, the tree of knowledge represents the burden of being human; knowing about what is good and what is evil and really dealing with that and living your life accordingly. In this story, God is the only one with the knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve's eating the fruit causes them to start thinking for themselves, and God didn't want free thinkers. I think this part of the creation myth is used to explain free will.
6. I think Adam and Eve's punishment was inevitable because there is no real garden of Eden, There is no place where everything is perfect and i think if the story had kept them there, there would be absolutely no relevance to the human experience. If they never were expelled from the garden, there would be only two people on earth for ever and ever. So, basically, if Eve hadn't listened to the serpent, none of us would exist.
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