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Genesis 1:1-5
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Now
the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the
deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And
God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
4 God
saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the
darkness.
5 God
called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there
was evening, and there was morning-- the first day.
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Genesis 1:6-8
And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate
water from water."
7 So
God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the
water above it. And it was so.
8 God
called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning--
the second day.
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Genesis 1:9-13
And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and
let dry ground appear." And it was so.
10 God
called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas."
And God saw that it was good.
11 Then
God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and
trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their
various kinds." And it was so.
12 The
land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds
and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And
God saw that it was good.
13 And
there was evening, and there was morning-- the third day.
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Genesis 1:14-19
And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate
the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and
days and years,
15 and
let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the
earth." And it was so.
16 God
made two great lights-- the greater light to govern the day and the
lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
17 God
set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth,
18 to
govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And
God saw that it was good.
19 And
there was evening, and there was morning-- the fourth day.
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Genesis 1:20-23
And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds
fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
21 So
God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving
thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every
winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
22 God
blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the
water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth."
23 And
there was evening, and there was morning-- the fifth day.
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Genesis 1:24-31
And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their
kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild
animals, each according to its kind." And it was so.
25 God
made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according
to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground
according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then
God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them
rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the
livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move
along the ground."
27 So
God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
28 God
blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number;
fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the
birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the
ground."
29 Then
God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the
whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will
be yours for food.
30 And
to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all
the creatures that move on the ground-- everything that has the
breath of life in it-- I give every green plant for food." And it
was so.
31 God
saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was
evening, and there was morning-- the sixth day.
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Genesis 2:1-4b
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 By
the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the
seventh day he rested from all his work.
3 And
God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested
from all the work of creating that he had done.
4 This
is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created.
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• God could have made everything in an instant, but instead He took six days.
• God created the entire universe out of nothing
– Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning God created (Hebrew: bara) the heavens and the earth.
– Hebrews 11:3 - By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
• As God creates, He speaks things into existence (vs. 3, 9, 11, 24)
– Psalm 33:6-9 - By the word of the LORD were the heavens made . . . He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
• The waters above and the waters below (vs. 6-7)
• God created light before He created the sun, moon or stars (vs.3 cf. vs. 14-18)
• Living things reproduce after their “own kind” (vs. 11-12, 21, 24-25)
• Man was created in God's image (vs.26-27)
• God declared His creation to be "good" over and over (vs. 4,10,12,18,21,25,31)