Creation Accounts in the Book of Genesisl

What is the emphasis of the creation account in the book of Genesis? Genesis, the first book of the Bible tells of the beginning of the world from the time when God created the heaven and the earth. The basic aim of Genesis is to relate all of creation to God. The emphasis in the creation account was more on God than on what was created. It also explains the role of Israel in the …

…what God has created because they get their power from God. The sun gets its light from God and the earth has no power to give life, but do so by God’s command and man was created by God and placed on earth. They also did not try to explain the origin of the one and only God. God has always been present. We cannot explain or be capable of understanding everything about God.