the serpent race inhabited the earth prior to the creation of adam by the lord god the differences between genesis 1&2 are like a sherrif and a deputy if the lord god commands angels to do something, which by definition the elohim can be interpretted as angels or demons or supernatural entities as well as a plural for god and gods; see the psalm jesus referenced in saying ye are gods (same word elohim), then compare to the account given in genesis 2, where the lord god breathes into adam a living soul and out of adam came eve the first woman another difference is the day in which the luminaries and heavens were created by god, instead of saying "and god saw that it was good" its just left as is that was the creation of satan/lucifer and after him 1/3 the angels rebelled jesus said to the pharisees; "ye are of your father, the devil" "cain was a murderer from the beginning" so begs the question, who was cains actual father? what does it mean "to know" in the context of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil as the same word is used "to know" ones wife in a sense go download esword; it has many tools to use in studying biblical etymology of words, and jonathan kleck on oddysee is a good resource teacher for these.types of insights into scripture
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