Genesis: The Creation Week
GENESIS: the creation week
Genesis is the first book of the Bible and serves as an introduction to the rest of its writings and the overall history and basis of the Jewish religion. Scientifically, it presents rather irrational concepts, but has been widely accepted in a literal sense by most Jews and Christians.
In short the text says that on the first day in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth' and created light, thus separating the night from the day.
On the second day the sky is created and then god made the sky and he separated the waters above from the waters below'
The third day God separated land from the waters God called the dry land earth, and the waters he called the seas.' And drew forth grasses and plants and other foliage.
The fourth day God adds the sun, the moon and the stars
The fifth day comes and god then creates the fish and birds show in the text as, 'let the waters bring forth in great numbers moving creatures that have life, and let the birds fly above the earth in the open sky of the heaven.'
The sixth day is said to be the busiest because it in on the sixth day that God puts the final touches so to speak with the addition of animals and humans 'let the earth bring forth creatures of all kinds, cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth.' And so god created man in his own image. In the image of god he created man and woman. Male and female created he them'
On the seventh day God decided The heavens and the earth were finished and filled with life' and god rested from his work and all that he had made'
Each day interpretation
On the first day God creates the foundation on which the rest of the earth and surrounding universe is built. This begins with his command let there be light'. He then goes on to separate the light from the darkness, naming them night and day.
On the second day God creates the sky, which is described as separating the waters...