The Relationship Between Creator and Creation in Genesis 1-11 and Hesiod's Works and Days

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God completely differs from the Olympians in that, after destroying his creations, God regretted his decision even more because these flawed creatures were still creatures he had made. The writer is portraying God to be good and that he has no care for glory or quarrel, but only that everything should be made from his ideal vision. While talking to Noah and his sons about the outcome, God shows his remorse and established “...My covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the Flood, and never again shall there be a Flood to destroy the earth’” (Genesis 9 166) This shows how God is self reflective, forgiving, and that he grants his creations chances.

Both the Gods of Olympus in Hesiod’s Works and Days as well as the Creator in Genesis show that the Creator will test what has been created. Punishments had been inflicted based on the courses of action although the reasoning behind both the Christian God and the Olympians were different. All of the generations until the age of Iron were eliminated for Zeus’ subjective reasons relating to personal conflicts whereas the Creator had destroyed what he had created and regretted it after only to give the future generations safe passage to learn and grow. The relationship between Creator and creation is important when examining these texts because it emphasizes how the audience is supposed to portray different views of God through different religions and how to approach each distinctively.