The Creation
(John 1:1–5; Hebrews 11:1–3)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Jhn 1:1-3Heb 11:3Isa 45:18Rev 4:11Heb 1:10Col 1:16-17Isa 42:5Exo 20:11
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Jer 4:23Psa 104:30Isa 45:18Psa 33:6Job 26:7Isa 40:12-14Job 26:14Nam 2:10
The First Day
And God said, “Let there be light,” 1and there was light. 2Co 4:6Jhn 1:5Isa 45:7Isa 60:191Jn 1:5Eph 5:8Jhn 3:19Psa 97:11 And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. Ecc 2:13Ecc 11:7Gen 1:18Gen 1:31Gen 1:12Gen 1:10Gen 1:25 God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” Psa 74:16Isa 45:71Th 5:5Psa 104:20Gen 8:22Gen 1:8Jer 33:20Psa 19:2
And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. 2
The Second Day
And God said, “Let there be an expanse 3between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” Jer 51:15Job 37:18Psa 33:6Job 26:7-8Jer 10:12-13Psa 104:2Psa 148:4Psa 136:5-6 So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so. Pro 8:28-29Psa 148:4Mat 8:27Job 38:8-11Gen 1:9Job 26:8Gen 1:15Gen 1:24 God called the expanse “sky.” Gen 1:5Gen 1:19Gen 1:10Gen 1:13Gen 1:23Gen 1:31Gen 5:2
And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
The Third Day
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. 2Pe 3:5Jon 1:9Jer 5:22Psa 95:5Ecc 1:7Pro 8:28-29Psa 33:7Job 26:10 God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. Deu 32:4Psa 104:31Gen 1:4
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so. Heb 6:7Psa 104:14-17Psa 147:8Gen 1:29Psa 65:9-13Gen 2:9Mat 6:30Job 28:5 The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. Mrk 4:28Isa 55:10-11Gal 6:7Luk 6:44Mat 13:24-26Isa 61:112Co 9:10
And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
The Fourth Day
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years. Psa 104:19-20Deu 4:19Psa 74:16-17Jer 31:35Psa 148:3Psa 136:7-9Amo 5:8Psa 148:6 And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well. Psa 136:7-9Deu 4:19Psa 8:3Isa 40:26Psa 148:5Psa 74:16Job 38:7Psa 148:3
God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth, Psa 8:3Psa 8:1Job 38:12Act 13:47Gen 9:13 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. Jer 31:35Psa 19:6
And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
The Fifth Day
And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.” Psa 104:24-25Gen 2:191Ki 4:33Psa 148:10Gen 1:30Gen 1:22Gen 1:7Gen 8:17 So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good. Psa 104:24-26Gen 1:25Gen 8:19Gen 8:17Exo 1:7Exo 8:3Gen 6:20Gen 7:14
Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” Gen 8:17Job 40:15Gen 1:28Psa 107:38Gen 35:11Gen 9:1Job 42:12Gen 30:30
And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
The Sixth Day
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. Psa 50:9-10Gen 6:20Gen 8:19Job 40:15Psa 148:10Gen 7:14Job 39:5Job 38:39-40 God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Jer 27:5Job 12:8-10Gen 2:19-20Job 26:13
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself 4and every creature that crawls upon it.” Col 3:10Eph 4:24Psa 8:4-8Gen 3:22Gen 5:1Psa 100:32Co 3:18Gen 9:2-4
So God created man in His own image; Mat 19:4Eph 2:10Gen 5:1-2Mrk 10:6Gen 2:21-25Eph 4:24Psa 139:14Isa 43:7
in the image of God He created him;
male and female He created them. 5
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.” Gen 9:1Gen 9:7Lev 26:9Psa 128:3-4Gen 22:17-18Gen 1:22Gen 17:20Psa 127:1-5
Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food. Gen 9:3Psa 104:14-15Psa 145:15-16Psa 104:27-28Act 14:17Psa 147:9Job 36:31Mat 6:11 And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. Psa 104:14Psa 145:15-16Psa 147:9Job 38:39-41Job 40:15Job 40:20Gen 9:3Job 39:4
And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. 1Ti 4:4Psa 104:24Psa 19:1-2Exo 20:11Psa 104:31Lam 3:38Gen 2:2Job 38:7
And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.