It is interesting to note that the second narrative is about three hundred years older than the first. The earth emerges from the waters. It is saturated with moisture. The world is at first a dry plain. Birds and beasts are created before man.
Man is created before the birds and beasts.
All fowls that fly are made out of the waters. The Fowls of the air are made out of the ground. Man is created in the image of god. Man is made out of the dust of the ground. Man is made lord of the whole earth.