GEN231 It is clear that man is made from two components: the earth as well as the soul he received from God. Both components make man what he is – his animal/earth side, along with his Godly side. And each side continually struggles for supremacy.  Perhaps this dual quality of man can best be seen in the two stories of Creation in the first two chapters of Genesis.  When man’s creation is first described, the human being is the last creation of a continuum that begins on the first day of Creation. Genesis 1:24-27 On the sixth day, all of the animals are created, and man is but the last of these creations. This demonstrates that man is an integral part of nature, part of the animal kingdom and the same as all other creations, as he has much in common with them.  But in the next chapter, the Torah speaks about creation and mentions just one creature that God created –that creation is man.  Genesis 2:4-8. Thus, man seems to be unique, the very purpose of creation itself, and its central focus. Both descriptions are correct, and man struggles daily with each part of his nature.  AMJV 93