Some translations of Genesis 2:19 suggest that the creation of animals took place after that of man. For example, “Out of the ground the LORD God 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” (esv). Collins argues that the Hebrew verb should be translated by the pluperfect “had formed” (see esv margin), thus obviating the chronological clash.4
