The Story of Creation

Genesis 1:1 says, "In the beginning God created the ________

• moon and the stars

• sky and the seas

• animals

• heaven and the earth

Answer explanation

Genesis 1:1 KJV: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

On the first day of creation, God called the light _____ and the darkness _____. (Genesis 1:5)

• day, night

• good, evil

• sunny, dark

• bright, night

Answer explanation

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

On the second day of creation, God made ______ (Genesis 1:6-8)

• light

• the firmament heaven

• birds of the sky and fish of the sea

• man

Answer explanation

⁶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

⁷ 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.

⁸ And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

On the third day, God created dry land (earth), Seas, grass, seeds producing herbs, and fruit trees. (Genesis 1:9-13)

• True

• False

Answer explanation

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

¹¹ And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

¹² And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

¹³ And the evening and the morning were the third day.

On the fourth day of creation, God made _____ (Genesis 1:14-19)

• seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter)

• the tree of knowledge of good & evil

• the sun, moon, and stars

• countries and continents

Answer explanation

¹⁴ 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:

¹⁵ And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

¹⁶ And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

¹⁷ And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

¹⁸ And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

¹⁹ And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

On the fifth day, God made the land animals. (Genesis 1:20-23)

• False

• True

Answer explanation

²⁰ 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.

²¹ And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

²² And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

²³ And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

God said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creatures, _____, _____, ____, and _____ on the sixth day. (Gen 1:24-31)

• trees, flowers, bushes, grass

• lions, tigers, bears, oh my

• red, blue, orange, green

• cattle, creeping things, beasts of the earth, man

Answer explanation

²⁴ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

²⁵ And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

²⁶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: 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.

²⁷ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

²⁸ And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: 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.

²⁹ 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 which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

³⁰ And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

³¹ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

God created you in __________ (Genesis 1:27)

• the image of your parents

• the image of your grandparents

• His own image

• your own image

Answer explanation

²⁷ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

The Lord God formed man out of _______ and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life... (Genesis 2:7)

• the dust of the ground

• the sand

• clay

• bones

Answer explanation

⁷ And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

On the seventh day, God ended His work and He _______ (Genesis 2:2-3)

• ran away

• rested

• rested, blessed the 7th day and made it holy

• had a meeting with the Godhead

Answer explanation

² And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

³ And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.