It should further be noted that in the first creation account, in any kind of unequal relationship before God.

我们还应该注意第一个创世故事中的描述，说他们在上帝面前有不平等的关系。

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I think it's telling that this kind of creation is a failure; it cannot succeed in the confines of this novel.

我想这告诉我们这种创作是失败的;,它在这本小说的界限内无法成功。

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Therefore, humans, according to Genesis 1, were created vegetarian, And in every respect, the original creation is imagined as free of bloodshed and violence of every kind.

因此，据《创世纪》第一章，人生来就是素食者，在方方面面，原始的创造,都被设想为没有族类间血腥和暴力的。

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And in keeping with that idea of a kind of a return to chaos, Noah is represented in a way as the beginning of a new creation.

这种观点相当于又回到混沌时代，诺亚在某种程度来说，标志着一个新的创世纪的开始。

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Seymour and Buddy want Franny and Zooey to rest at that origin, undistracted by the manifestations of the creation, and know some kind of consciousness of God in that place.

西莫和巴蒂希望弗兰尼和左伊在开端休息一下，不被造物的现象所影响，并且在那个地方知道上帝的意识。

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In the Mesopotamian account, the gods themselves are created ; And they're not even created first, actually; The first generation of beings creates these odd demons and monsters, And gods only are created after several generations Marduk And the god of creation, Marduk, Is actually kind of a latecomer in the picture.

在美索不达米亚的描述中，众神本身也是被创造的,而事实上，他们还不是最先被创造出来的;,是最早的存在创造了那些恶魔和怪兽，而众神是在好几代之后才被创造的,而有创造能力的神是，他在创世的图景中是姗姗来迟的。

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