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Genesis 1 — The Beginning
God speaks the universe into existence in six days, then rests. The first chapter answers the deepest question — where everything came from — and reveals the One who started it all.
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
— Genesis 1:1
- v.1-2 The original creation — heaven, earth, and the Spirit moving over the deep
- v.3-5 Day One: Light separated from darkness
- v.6-8 Day Two: The firmament — sky and waters divided
- v.9-13 Day Three: Dry land, seas, plants
- v.14-19 Day Four: Sun, moon, stars — lights for signs and seasons
- v.20-23 Day Five: Sea creatures and birds
- v.24-25 Day Six (part 1): Land animals
- v.26-31 Day Six (part 2): Man — made in His image
The Hebrew phrase tohu va-bohu — without form and void. Some scholars see a gap here between verse 1 and verse 2 (the "gap theory") where judgment fell on a prior creation. Others read it as the initial unformed state.
The Spirit of God is mentioned in the second verse of the Bible. The Holy Spirit was active in creation alongside the Father and the Word (the pre-incarnate Christ).
Moved (Hebrew: rachaph) means to brood, to hover, like a mother bird over her young. The same word is used in Deuteronomy 32:11 of an eagle stirring her nest.
God's first recorded act is to speak. He is the God who speaks — and what He says, is. Eight times in this chapter "God said" appears, and each time creation responds.
Light existed before the sun (created on day four). The source of light here is God Himself, which is fitting since in the new heaven there is no need for sun, for the Lord is the light (Revelation 21:23).
Paul applies this verse spiritually: "God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts" (2 Corinthians 4:6). The God who spoke creation's light into being also speaks salvation's light into the soul.
"Let us" — the first explicit hint of plurality in the Godhead. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all present at the creation of man.
Image and likeness are not identical. Image (tselem) is the form; likeness (demuth) is the character. Man was made to reflect God in both being and behavior.
Dominion was given — not domination. Man was placed as steward, not tyrant, over the creation. This is the foundation of biblical environmental and animal ethics.
The verse is poetic and emphatic — repeating "in the image of God" twice for emphasis. Every human being, regardless of state, station, or condition, bears the image of God.
Male and female — Jesus referenced this verse when teaching on marriage (Matthew 19:4). The binary is creational, not cultural.
The image of God in man is the basis for the sanctity of human life (Genesis 9:6) and the dignity of every person.
Seven times in chapter one God pronounces His work "good." On the sixth day, after man is made, He calls it "very good." Creation reached its climax in humanity.
The original creation contained no death, no decay, no thorn, no tear. That all came in Genesis 3. Creation as God designed it is very good.
You did not evolve from chaos — you were spoken into being by a God who already knew you. Your worth is not measured by what you produce, but by Whose image you bear. Live today like someone who was made on purpose, for a purpose, by Someone who called you very good.
John 1 opens with the same words: "In the beginning." John tells us the Word was there — and the Word was God — and all things were made by Him. The "us" of Genesis 1:26 is the Father, Son, and Spirit. The light of day one foreshadows the Light of the world (John 8:12). Every page of Genesis points to Him.
The opening declaration of all Scripture. In ten English words (seven in Hebrew), God answers the four greatest questions of human existence: Cause (God), Time (the beginning), Space (the heaven), Matter (the earth).
The Hebrew word for "God" here is Elohim — plural in form, singular in meaning. The first verse already hints at the triune nature of God.
No argument is made for God's existence. He is simply assumed. The fool says in his heart there is no God (Psalm 14:1) — Scripture writes for the wise.