The Bible Presents Contradictory Creation Accounts

I can tell that this is going to be a very tough debate for me. I wish my opponent the best of luck. *handshake*. As per the rules, I will be using the ESV to be fair to my opponent. He is also allowing me to use external sources (Talmud, Zohar, etc), which I will make use of. ==============OPENING ARGUMENTS ================ Contradiction 1: Was man created before the woman or simultaneously? A. SimultaneouslyThen God said, "Let us make man in our images, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. " So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth. " --Genesis 1:26-28 [1] B. Before the womanThen the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him. ” Genesis 2:18 [2] Contradiction 2: Was man created before or after the animals? A. Before the animals Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him. ” Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. ” [3] (Genesis 2:18-23)According to these verses, God saw that the man was alone and he created animals from the earth to "mate" with Adam. Biblical comentary, Rashi, wrote:"This time--it teaches that Adam mated with every [species of] domesticated animal and wild animal, but his appetite was not assuaged by them. " [4] B. Man was created after the animals. And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds. ” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image. .. " (Genesis 24-26) [5] This is a lot for my opponent to handle so I will leave it here to be fair to my opponent. _______________________________________________________________________________________ [1] . http://www.esvbible.org...[2] . http://www.esvbible.org...;[3] . http://www.esvbible.org...[4] . http://www.inthemedievalmiddle.com...[5] . http://www.esvbible.org...