Genesis 1-2:4 First Story of Creation worksheet

On the sixth day of creation, God creates ______.

humans

Since in Genesis 1:27, God creates them both male and female, God apparently has both male and female _______.

image

Scientific accuracy is not the author's intention. For instance, the sun, moon, and stars were not created until the fifth day, while light was created on which day?

1st day

The account of creation of the world is divided into days. The number of those days is ______.

7 or 6

We learn that the world and the whole universe were created by _______.

God

Each day begins with the words: _______.

Let there be...

Then this command or order is actually ______.

a day

God want the creation to continue and wishes humans to be part of that process and so order in Genesis 1:28 _________.

be fertile and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it, have dominance over living creatures

three days of _______ in which a stage is built

creating

For the ancient Hebrews, humans most closely resemble God by their ability to control or have authority over the ________.

creatures

The ancient people 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 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 ______.

earth

It is evident, therefore, that we do not read the Bible for scientific truth, but for the truths of _______.

faith/ religion

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

On the third day of creation, God separates the earth into water and ____.

land

On the first day of creation, God separates darkness and ____.

light

And further, how could one determine the length of the first three days without the __________?

light and dark

On the fifth day of creation, God populates the land with ______.

living creatures

The author's scientific knowledge is obviously not as important for us today as is his understanding of the relationship between creation and its _____.

meaning

Next, to create something, God gives a _____.

name

three days of ________ in which "actors" are put on the stage

placing

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

one day of _______ in which goodness of all is celebrated and enjoyed

resting

Then, on the seventh day of creation, God ______.

rests

Patterns allows ordinary people of the ancient times to more easily memorize stories since most information between generations would have been by word of _______.

speech/ spoken

On fourth day of creation, God fills the sky with _____.

sun, moon and stars

The author closes by telling what day it is with these words:_____

the (number) day

On the second day of creation, God separates the sky from the ___.

water