In the assigned portion of the “First Knowers” by Michael Legaspi, knowledge is emphasized through the acquisition of wisdom. In Genesis 1 it is described how “of all created things, only humans were made in the image of God” and how this directly attributed divine likeness and image between humans and God. It is because of this and the fact that God trusted humans to work the land he had created that the delegation of authority from God as the superior to humans as the inferiors suggest knowledge of the world as an ‘ordered reality’. Like Legaspi says in his text divine knowledge is exclusively associated with divine power, whereas human knowledge is ‘derivative‘ of divine power and as a result relies on responsibility. This is emphasized throughout Genesis 2-3 as both Adam and Eve have the responsibility to keep the garden and similarly not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 

When it comes to the importance of eating and the relationship of this with knowledge, Legaspi talks about how eating enables them to see and somehow removes a lens of blindness which enables them to learn and therefore gain knowledge to recognize their nakedness. Similarly to Legaspi, I think that the tree of knowledge of good and evil approximates total knowledge and wisdom, and therefore ‘divine omniscience’, and it is for this reason that Eve is tempted to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, she and Adam have been created in the image and likeness of God and she is attempts to equate God in an intellectual way as well. I think that the image of the tree emphasizes God as an omniscient being as well; he created the garden so in theory, the tree and the garden are godly too. For me, another big failure other than eating from the tree is the fact that neither of them are able to apologize and recognize that they did not stick to the conditions the creator (and therefore, him who gave them life) had given to them. I think that the fact that God does banish them from the garden is merciful as they pay their consequences and are punished for disobeying even though he said that they would die if they ate from the tree. 

The extract from Genesis 1:1 to 2:4 explains the six day process through which God created the Heavens and the Earth. Like stated at the beginning, he created all of this from scratch as before creation, ‘the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep’. This extract of Genesis, describes how God ‘let there be light’ and started the process of turning a vacuum of nothing to night and day on the first day of creation. The text then goes on to explain the following days in which God created the sky and the waters, the earth and plants, the greater light of day and the lesser light of night, living creatures and eventually describes the process by which in the sixth day men were created. The importance of the sixth day is very relevant to human beings as God ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness’ and since God created person, we are in his image and likeness meaning that we should strive to act as God would want us to and that there is God in everyone; emphasizing the importance of the creation of humans. The blessed quality of the seventh day relies on the fact that ‘God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good.’. This means that he gave himself the privilege to rest when he had finished his work, and when he was satisfied with it, but not before. This is highlighted on our everyday lives; adults work 6 days a week just like God did in creation and should be satisfied with their work so that they can rightfully rest on Sunday. The overall message of this extract is that God is all-powerful and all-good as he entrusts us to take care of his creation in his image and likeness.