Genesis Worksheet - Chapter 1

 

Observation Questions For Genesis Chapter 1 1. What did God create in the beginning? vs. 1 - Name 2 things 2. What was the earth like when it was first created? vs. 2 3. What was over the surface of the deep? vs. 2 4. Who was moving over the surface of the waters? vs. 2 5. What did God say to the darkness on that first day of creation? vs. 3 6. What did God say about what He had created? vs. 3 7. What did God do with light and darkness? vs. 4 8. What did God call the light? vs. 5 9. What did God call the darkness? vs. 5 Note: There was evening & there was morning, one day. (vs.5) 10. On the 2nd day of creation, what did God speak in the midst of the waters? vs. 6 11. What was the purpose of it? vs. 6 12. God separated the waters _____ from the waters which were _____. (vs.7) Note: There was evening & there was morning, a second day. (vs.8) 13. On the 3rd day of creation, what did God speak to the waters to do? (vs. 9) 14. What did God say to appear from the waters? vs. 9 15. What did God call the dry land? vs. 10 16. What did God call the gathering of waters? vs. 10 17. What did God see about this 3rd day of creatoin? vs. 10 18. What did God speak to the earth (dry land) to do? vs. 11 - Name 3 things 19. What would the plants yield from themselves? vs. 11 20. What would the fruit trees bear? vs. 11 21. What did God see about this creation on the 3rd day? vs.13 Note: There was evening & there was morning, a third day.(vs.13) 22. On the 4th day of creation, what did God speak to come forth into the expanse of the heavens? vs. 14 23. What was the purpose for these? vs. 14,15 - Name 6 things 24. God made the two great lights; the greater light (the sun) govered the day; and the lesser light (the moon) governed the night. He made the stars also. (vs.16) .. What did God do with the stars and what was their purpose? Name 2 things vs. 17,18 25. What did God see of His 4th day of creation? vs.18 Note: There was evening & there was morning, a fourth day. (vs.19) 26. What did God speak to the waters and create in them on the 5th day of creation? vs.20 27. What did God speak to the expanse and create in them on the 5th day of creation? vs. 20 28. What did God create to swarm in the waters? vs. 21 - Name 2 groups 29. What did God create in the heavens on the 5th day? vs. 21 30. What did God see about His creation on the 5th day? vs. 21 31. What did God say in His blessing to the sea creatures and birds on the 5th day? vs. 22 Note: There was evening & there was morning, a fifth day. (vs.23) 32. What did God speak to the earth (dry land) on the sixth day of creation? vs. 24 - Name 4 groups 33. What did God see of His creation of the animals on the sixth day? vs. 25 34. What did God say after He created the animals on the sixth day? vs. 26 35. What pronoun is used? Does this refer to more than one person? Yes, the word in the Hebrew is Elohim for Creator, and it has a plural ending which denotes 3 or more. Who is God, the Father speaking to? It is God, the Son, and God, the Holy Spirit. We have seen the Spirit moving over the waters in vs. 2 and know He is there with God the Father. Spend some time to see the verses in the New Testament that show us Jesus, the Son, was there with the Father and the Holy Spirit also. Look up these verses and state how the world was created as well as upheld and sustained today by Jesus. John 1:1-14 - Colossians 1:15-20 - Hebrews 1:1-4 - Hebrews 1:10 -13 - 36. How was man created? vs. 26 - Name 2 things 37. What was man to rule over? vs.26 38. God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; _____ and _____ He created them. (vs. 27). Do you understand now why you can always insert mankind and include the female when you see the male in most Scripture unless it is being very specific about the gender being referred to? Neat huh? 39. God blessed them and what did He say to them? vs. 28 - Name 7 things 40. What had God given to them to have for food? vs. 29 - Name 2 groups of food 41. What had God given for food to every beast of the earth and every bird of the sky and to everything that moved on the earth? vs. 30 Note: This shows that beasts did not eat meat in the beginning before sin entered the world; they were at peace with humans. 42. What did God see about what He had made on the 6th and final day of creation? vs. 31 - Did you notice a describing word added after making man? Note: There was evening & there was morning, a sixth day. (vs.31) 43. Just as God is the source of His creation, so creation can bring us back to God (Romans 1:20). What can we learn about God by looking at creation? What do we owe to God because He is our Creator? 44. What do we understand by faith according to Hebrews 11:3? 45. How has your faith been increased with today's lesson? 46. Summarize the chapter and post a prayer if you would like.