Genesis NLT

Question 1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Answer 1

Genesis 1:1

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Genesis 1:2

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Genesis 1:3

Question 4

And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.

Answer 4

Genesis 1:4

Question 5

God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.

Answer 5

Genesis 1:5

Question 6

Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.”

Answer 6

Genesis 1:6

Question 7

And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens.

Answer 7

Genesis 1:7

Question 8

God called the space “sky.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.

Answer 8

Genesis 1:8

Question 9

Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened.

Answer 9

Genesis 1:9

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Genesis 1:10

Question 11

Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened.

Answer 11

Genesis 1:11

Question 12

The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.

Answer 12

Genesis 1:12

Question 13

And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.

Answer 13

Genesis 1:13

Question 14

Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years

Answer 14

Genesis 1:14

Question 15

Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened.

Answer 15

Genesis 1:15

Question 16

God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.

Answer 16

Genesis 1:16

Question 17

God set these lights in the sky to light the earth

Answer 17

Genesis 1:17

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Genesis 1:18

Question 19

And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day

Answer 19

Genesis 1:19

Question 20

Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”

Answer 20

Genesis 1:20

Question 21

So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms in the water, and every sort of bird—each producing offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.

Answer 21

Genesis 1:21

Question 22

Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

Answer 22

Genesis 1:22

Question 23

And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day.

Answer 23

Genesis 1:23

Question 24

Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.” And that is what happened.

Answer 24

Genesis 1:24

Question 25

God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.

Answer 25

Genesis 1:25

Question 26

Then God said, “Let us make human beings[b] in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth,[c] and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”

Answer 26

Genesis 1:26

Question 27

So God created human beings[d] in his own image.
In the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.

Answer 27

Genesis 1:27

Question 28

Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”

Answer 28

Genesis 1:28

Question 29

Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.

Answer 29

Genesis 1:29

Question 30

And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.

Answer 30

Genesis 1:30

Question 31

Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good!

And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.

Answer 31

Genesis 1:31

Question 32

So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed.

Question 33

On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested[a] from all his work

Question 34

And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.

Question 35

This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth.

Question 36

When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

Question 37

neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the Lord God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil.

Question 38

Instead, springs[b] came up from the ground and watered all the land.

Question 39

Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.