The creation narratives are told as two separate stories written in Israel about 400 years apart from each other. They were inspired by visions that God sent to Moses about the creation process. The first story written was called the "J" story or the "Yahwist" story (Yahwist is Hebrew for God) and was written in 900 BCE (Genesis 2:4 to the end of chapter 3). The second story written was called the "P" story or the "Priestly" story and was written in 500 BCE (Genesis 1:1 ? 2:3). The "J" story is apart of the Old Epic tradition, which preserves extremely ancient material and is therefore much older (400 years) then the "P" story.
Each story brings creation to the table in a different light. They both include a lot of the same content however the order of it and the way it is all written is very diverse. In the "P" story people and all living things are created on the last day of the creation period. In the "J" story one man (Adam) is created after the universe but before the plants, then one woman (Eve) comes later into the story. Each of the stories are almost completely opposite in this way, in the "P" story we see creation arranged by day and event; where as in the "J" story we see all the events happening with no recollection of what is day or night. The contrast of one human existence in the "J" story to all living existence in the "P" story is also a big opposite trait with one another. Along with the fact that human came before the plants in the "J" story where as in the "P" story humans came last after the plants and everything else. I found that each of the stories contradict each other in this way to a great amount.
Some other differences that I found with these stories was the fact that in the "P" story there was no talk of about the city of Jer ...