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Why are there two completely different stories of creation in the Bible?

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Why are there two completely different stories of creation in the Bible?

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The stories were written by different authors. One was called P for the priests and J for the Yahvehists. They both resided in different areas of Judah – one was to the north and one was to the south. They also used different names for the deity, one was El, Elohim [plural] the other was Yahveh.