Category: Genesis Chapter 1
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Very Good Gifts – Genesis 1:28-31
Genesis 1:28-31 … and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the…
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Subdue Your World – Genesis 1:26-28
Genesis 1:26-28 … and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he…
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Made in His Image – Genesis 1:26
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness… When you come to this verse, you can feel the weight of it right away. Something different is happening. Up to this point, God has spoken light into darkness, shaped the earth, filled the seas, and populated the skies. But…
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After Their Kind – Genesis 1:20-25
Genesis 1:20-25 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl…
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Borrowed Light – Genesis 1:14-19
Genesis 1:14-19 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and…
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Life on the Third Day – Genesis 1:9-13
Genesis 1:9-13 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let…
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Under the Canopy – Genesis 1:6-8
Genesis 1:6-8 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the…
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Darkness Is Not the End – Genesis 1:5
Genesis 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. There is something beautiful in the way that verse is written. It does not say the morning and the evening were the first day. It says the evening and the morning…
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From Darkness to Light – Genesis 1:3-4
Genesis 1:3-4 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. I love how direct this is. God speaks, and light appears. The Hebrew has that sharp, sudden feel to it. Light be. And light was.…
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When God Moves Into the Ruin – Genesis 1:2
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. That verse opens on a scene of wreckage. Everything feels shapeless, empty, and dark. The Hebrew phrase is tohuw va bohuw. It carries the…
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Where Everything Starts – Genesis 1:1
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. There is something refreshing about the way the Bible opens. No nervous explanation. No apology. No long attempt to win over the skeptic before it says what it wants to say. It just opens the door and lets the truth stand there. In…
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Background to Genesis
The word genesis means beginning. That makes Genesis a fitting title for the first book of the Bible, because its pages take us back to the beginning of everything. Here we read of the beginning of creation, man, sin, family, culture, and industry. In one way or another, Genesis opens the door to nearly every major theme that…