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Genesis, Part 1: Covenant Relationship Initiated

  1. Lesson One
    Creation of the World (Gen 1-2)
    23 Activities
  2. Lesson Two
    Royal Image Bearers (Gen 1-2)
    16 Activities
  3. Lesson Three
    Rebellion and Consequences (Gen 3-5)
    14 Activities
  4. Lesson Four
    Flood and New Creation (Gen 6-9)
    14 Activities
  5. Lesson Five
    Babel and the Scattering of Nations (Gen 10-11)
    13 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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The Bible describes the creation of the world in Genesis 1 as the result of God’s powerful words. Hebrews 11:3 affirms that this creation came from nothing. (The theological phrase for this is the Latin ex nihilo.) The Genesis creation accounts we will look at in detail are like two movements in a symphony.

The first movement (Gen 1:1–2:3) describes the creation of “the heavens and the earth.” The second movement (Gen 2:4-25), which we will explore in the next lesson, is a more focused declaration of how and why God created humankind. 

Read carefully through Genesis 1:1–2:3 and address the following questions:

  1. What words and phrases do you find repeated throughout the text?
  1. What purpose might these repetitions serve?
  1. Step back from individual days and look at the big picture, or the relationships between days. Do you see any patterns at a higher level? To describe the relationship between these two sets of days, write down one word to categorize Days 1-3 and another word to categorize Days 4-6.