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By the way, one proof that the animals of the Garden of Eden were created after Adam is the fact that it doesn’t mention fish and some other animals like reptiles and amphibians being created.

Genesis 2:19-20:
[quote]19 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought {them} to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.[/quote]

See what I mean? But Genesis 1:20-25 says:

[quote]20 Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.” 21 God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind”; and it was so. 25 God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.[/quote]

In Genesis 1, God creates not only the birds of the air and the beasts of the field that were the only animal creations in Genesis 2, but also swarms of living creatures teeming the waters, great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, and creeping things.
Where is that in the second chapter? No mention of it. Why? Probably because he created a second set of animals to dwell with Adam and Eve in the garden. (This would, however, negate your theory that God created the female counter parts in the second chapter, as there are definitely female fish and reptiles and insects etc.)

Also, the reason why it is believed that Christ died on a Friday is because verses like John 19:31 stated that the Sabbath was the next day. The reason why it says that he rose on the third day is because he died on Friday, day one, and rose on Sunday, day three.
That’s why. I’ve heard that Jews consider any part of the day to still be that day.