The point then of the creation story, as I see it, is to illustrate the following:
1 All people, and natural phenomena, like the sun, the moon, etc, were created by God, and therefore cannot be gods themselves.
2 All of creation is good and God has entrusted it to humanity.
3 Humanity is created in the image and likeness of God.
4 We, as human beings, are made differently from the rest of creation: let us make vs. let there be, or let the___ do such and such. [BTW the only possible Us in the story text at this point is God and the Spirit of God]
Only an "E" (extrovert) would create a universe for the sheer joy of companionship and relationship. Only a "J" would have the precision to conceive and implement the ordering of creation.
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