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
