Genesis 1 and 2: Two names for God

I forgot to mention another interesting aspect of Genesis 1 and 2. There are two different names for God mentioned in these chapters. Gen. 1 focuses on El, or the Hebrew term for God, in a generic sense. Gen. 2 uses the name Yahweh (which is translated into German as Jehovah), which means "Living One." This is the term used in Exodus 3 where God introduces himself to Moses as "I am." The two names of God speak to the two different functions of the passages. Gen 1 is a general account of creation by the creator God. The Gen 2 account is the personal rendition of the Living God giving life to humanity.

Of the two, I would say that Gen. 2 seems to fit the context of the book of Genesis, whereas Gen. 1 seems to be a later addition designed to introduce the book as a whole. Gen. 1 is closely related to the praises listed in the Psalms, and thus may have been written closer to the time of David. Meanwhile, the use of Yahweh may be a convention of Moses who knew God in those terms.