Remember, what we are seeing is the evolving human image of God.
i'm interested in seeing where either idea of god is demonstrated in the rest of the text.
Be careful. You also need to remember that it is not one story, but as I have mentioned in the past, an anthology of anthologies. Many of the stories are actually combinations of several different stories, so even within one story there can be inconsistencies. That is particularly so in the Flood myths where several different stories were combined into one which results in the different numbers of critters and types of birds being the harbingers of the end of the flood.
The bit about naming though is very important. At the time some of the stories were written, the idea of controlling someone or something by naming it was a major influence, and we even see hints of that continuing into the NT.
AbE:
our god is so distant and aloof, even though we talk about him being very present. is it just that nasty modern thought which demands that god be distant because of the lack of evidence?
No.
As you can see from the creation myth found in Genesis 1, the idea of a trancendent God is not modern, but rather has a long, long history.
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