Genesis 1

Question 1

Genesis 1:1

Answer 1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

Question 2

Genesis 1:2

Answer 2

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

Genesis 1:2

Question 3

Genesis 1:3

Answer 3

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Genesis 1:3

Question 4

Genesis 1:4

Answer 4

God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:4

Question 5

Genesis 1:5

Answer 5

God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Genesis 1:5

Question 6

Genesis 1:6

Answer 6

And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”

Genesis 1:6

Question 7

Genesis 1:7

Answer 7

So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.

Genesis 1:7

Question 8

Genesis 1:8

Answer 8

God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

Genesis 1:8

Question 9

Genesis 1:9

Answer 9

And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:9

Question 10

Genesis 1:10

Answer 10

God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:10

Question 11

Genesis 1:11

Answer 11

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:11

Question 12

Genesis 1:12

Answer 12

The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Question 13

Genesis 1:13

Answer 13

And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

Question 14

Genesis 1:14

Answer 14

And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,

Question 15

Genesis 1:15

Answer 15

and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.

Question 16

Genesis 1:16

Answer 16

God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

Question 17

Genesis 1:17

Answer 17

God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,

Question 18

Genesis 1:18

Answer 18

to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Question 19

Genesis 1:19

Answer 19

And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

Question 20

Genesis 1:20

Answer 20

And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”

Question 21

Genesis 1:21

Answer 21

So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Question 22

Genesis 1:22

Answer 22

God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”

Question 23

Genesis 1:23

Answer 23

And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

Question 24

Genesis 1:24

Answer 24

And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.

Question 25

Genesis 1:25

Answer 25

God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Question 26

Genesis 1:26

Answer 26

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

Question 27

Genesis 1:27

Answer 27

So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.

Question 28

Genesis 1:28

Answer 28

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Question 29

Genesis 1:29

Answer 29

Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

Question 30

Genesis 1:30

Answer 30

And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Question 31

Genesis 1:31

Answer 31

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.