Der Segen Gottes in der ersten Schöpfungserzählung Gen 1,1-2,4a

The article examines the concept of “blessing” in the first creation narrative in Gen 1:1-2:4a. God blesses not only living creatures, specifically the prototypes of animals created on the fifth day (cf. 1:22) and the prototypes of man created on the sixth day (cf. 1:28-30), but also the seventh day, when He ceases from creating (cf. 2:3). The goal of creation is therefore fulfilled only on the seventh day. Living things are authorized to participate in the realization of the goal of creation. However, Gen 1:1-2:4a does not tell a “story”, in which creatures become active.