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1:1
God was the only one
in the beginning.
Although everything else has a
beginning, God has always been
around. The Bible describes him as
everlasting or eternal. That means
he has no beginning, and he has
no end.
1:3 – 31
There was an order
to creation.
On the first three days, God formed
creation with light, water and sky,
land and vegetation. On the final
three days, God filled creation with
light givers, fish and birds, and
animals and humans.
1:5
Creation took six days.
Each day could have been 24 hours,
just like we understand a day to
be — or the word day could have
represented a very long period of
time.
1:21,24 – 25
God created all kinds of
animals and plants.
God created plants and animals
with distinct looks and patterns
for each family and species. That’s
why the Bible says he created them
“according to their kinds.”
1:24
God created dinosaurs.
Although Genesis doesn’t mention
dinosaurs specifically, they were
probably created on the sixth day.
Several places in the Bible describe
creatures that may be dinosaurs,
such as a monster (Psalm 74:13),
dragon (Revelation 12:3) or
behemoth (Job 40:15 – 19).
genesis 1:1
T H E B E G I NN I N G
1
In the beg inning God created the heavens and the
earth. 2 Now the e arth was formless and empt y, dark
ness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of
God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be l ight,” and there was l ight.
4 G od saw that the
l ight was good, and he sepa rat
ed the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light
“day,” and the darkness he c alled “night.” And t here
was evening, and there was morning — the f irst day.
6 And God said, “Let t here be a v ault bet ween the waters
to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault
and sepa rated the water under the v ault from the wa
ter above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.”
And there was evening, and there was morning — the
second day.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered
to one place, and let dry g round appear.” And it was
so. 10 God c alled the dry g round “land,” and the gath
ered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was
good.
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:
seed-bearing p
lants and t rees on the land that bear
fruit with seed in it, according to their various k inds.”
And it was so. 12 T he land produced vegetation: plants
bearing seed according to their k inds and t rees bear
ing f ruit with seed in it according to t heir k inds. And
God saw that it was good. 13 A nd t here was evening,
and there was morning — the third day.
14 And God said, “Let there be l ights in the vault of the sky
to sepa rate the day from the night, and let them serve
as signs to mark s acred times, and days and y ears,
15 a nd let them be l ights in the v ault of the sky to give
light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two
g reat l ights — the greater l ight to govern the day and
the lesser l ight to govern the night. He also made the
stars. 17 God set them in the v ault of the sky to give
light on the e arth, 18 to govern the day and the n
ight,
and to sepa rate l ight from darkness. And God saw
that it was good. 19 A nd there was evening, and there
was morning — the fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living crea
tures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault
of the sky.” 21 So God created the g reat creat ures of
the sea and every living t hing with which the water
teems and that moves about in it, according to t heir
k inds, and every w inged bird according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good. 22 God b
lessed them
and said, “Be fruitf ul and increase in number and fill
the water in the seas, and let the b
irds increase on the
earth.” 23 A nd there was evening, and there was morn
ing — the f ifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creat ures ac
cording to t heir k inds: the livestock, the creat ures that