The Naming of the Animals, Part 2 (Genesis 2:19–20a)

“So the man gave names to all the domestic animals, to the birds of the sky, and to all the animals of the open country.” Sounds pretty simple, until you start unpacking the logistics of it.

Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).