The First Creation Story
On the second day, God separates the sky from the...
Water
Patterns allowed ordinary people of the ancient times to more easily memorize stories since most information between generations would have been by word of...
Mouth
Next, to create something, God gives a...
Name
The authors scientific knowledge is obviously not as important for us today as is his understanding of the relationship between creation and its...
Creator
We learn that the world and the whole universe were created by...
God
The account of creation of the world is divided into days. The number of those days is...?
6/7
Then this command or order is actually...
Accomplished
God wants the creation to continue and wishes humans to be part of that process and so orders in Genesis 1:28...
Be fertile and multiply, fill the Earth and subdue it, hav dominance over living creatures
Since in Genesis 1:27, God creates them both male and female, God apparently has both male and female...
Characteristics
God is portrayed in a definite manner in this account of creation. God seems to be far away from creation and very powerful. To create something, all God has to do is...
Command it
The ancient people's thought that water gave the sky its blue color and therefore the sky must contain water, since at times water did fall from the sky. God, they reasoned, created something to keep the water aloft. This something was a...
Dome
The author closes by telling what day it is with these words...
Evening cams and morning followed
It is evident, therefore, that we do not read the Bible for scientific truth, but for the truths of...
Faith/religion/God
In this account of creation, God is simply called...
God
God looks at it and sees that it is...
Good
We learn that creation is not evil, as is believed by some ancient cultures, but...
Good
We learn that creation was not done in haphazard way, it with great...
Great care
On the sixth day, God creates...
Humans/land animals
On the third day, God separates the earth into water and...
Land
Each day begins with the words...
Let there be.../Then God said
On the first day, God separates darkness and...
Light
We learn that the sun, moon, and stars do not control human destiny; that their purpose as designed by God is to provide...
Light
On the fifth day, God populates the land with...
Living creatures
Three days of... "actors" are put on the stage
Populating
One day of... the goodness of all is celebrated and enjoyed
Rest
The most important day for Jews is the Sabbath. The origin for this weekly feast is given in Genesis 2:2-3 where God, on the seventh day, does nothing but...
Rest
On the seventh day, God...
Rests
Three days of... a stage was built?
Separation
How could one determine the length of the first three days without the...
Sun
On the fourth day, God fills the sky with...
Sun, moon, and stars
Scientific accuracy is not the authors intention. For instance, the sun, moon, and stars were not created until the fourth day, while light was created in which day?
The first day
For the ancient Hebrews, humans most closely resemble God by their ability to control or have authority over the...
World
The book of Genesis concerns itself with the origin of the human race and in particular the Jewish people, and so it begins logically with the creation of the...?
World