Alyssa Martin
Ms. Morrell
Honors English III
23 August 2014
Genesis
Before there was light, there was darkness. God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. Genesis is a book of the Hebrew Bible from a religion which we call Christianity. Genesis describes the creation of the universe and the heavens, the creation of man and woman, and how a perfect world became sinful. God spoke commands and saw that they were good. God saw that the light was good. He called the light “day”, and the darkness “night” on the first day. God told the waters to separate water from water so that there was an expanse. The expanse was called “sky”. Under the sky lay water in which the water gathered to one place and dry ground in the other on the second day. God saw that it was good. Through out the rest of the chapter God spoke the remainder of the universe into existence. He created vegetation, seasons, years, days, the greater light to shine during the day, the lesser light shine at night, creatures and every living thing in the sea and on land. God created the creatures on the land and that moved along the ground to produce according to their kinds. In God’s image man was created to …show more content…
The seventh day became a holy day for God blessed it. God took dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man was living. God placed a garden in Eden and in in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge good and evil. God placed man in the garden to take care of it. Man was told that he may eat off any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge good and evil for if you eat from it you will die. The Lord God then let the man name the living creature the Lord had created. Adam, man, found no suitable helper from these creatures. God took a rib from the man and made a woman. “The man and his wife were naked, and they felt no
Ms. Morrell
Honors English III
23 August 2014
Genesis
Before there was light, there was darkness. God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. Genesis is a book of the Hebrew Bible from a religion which we call Christianity. Genesis describes the creation of the universe and the heavens, the creation of man and woman, and how a perfect world became sinful. God spoke commands and saw that they were good. God saw that the light was good. He called the light “day”, and the darkness “night” on the first day. God told the waters to separate water from water so that there was an expanse. The expanse was called “sky”. Under the sky lay water in which the water gathered to one place and dry ground in the other on the second day. God saw that it was good. Through out the rest of the chapter God spoke the remainder of the universe into existence. He created vegetation, seasons, years, days, the greater light to shine during the day, the lesser light shine at night, creatures and every living thing in the sea and on land. God created the creatures on the land and that moved along the ground to produce according to their kinds. In God’s image man was created to …show more content…
The seventh day became a holy day for God blessed it. God took dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man was living. God placed a garden in Eden and in in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge good and evil. God placed man in the garden to take care of it. Man was told that he may eat off any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge good and evil for if you eat from it you will die. The Lord God then let the man name the living creature the Lord had created. Adam, man, found no suitable helper from these creatures. God took a rib from the man and made a woman. “The man and his wife were naked, and they felt no