What Did God Make on Each Day of Creation in Genesis 1
Introductions to Genesis 1
Genesis 1 documents the beginning of the universe and the beginning of time as we know it. God created the world in 6 days, creating unique elements each day. This article will tell you which elements He created on which day, according to the first chapter of the Bible.
Genesis chapter 1 verses 1-2 describe the world before God started His creative work. Everything was darkness and void, and God’s Spirit was “hovering over the face of the waters.”
Day 1 (Gen 1:3-5):
On the first day, God created light by speaking it into existence.
God called the light “Day” and the darkness “Night.”
Day 2 (Gen 1:6-8):
God created an “expanse” to separate the waters.
He called the expanse “Heaven.”
Day 3 (Gen 1:9-13):
God created the dry land, called “Earth,” and separated it from the waters, which He called “seas.”
Next, He made the vegetation, plants, and trees that grow on the earth.
Day 4 (Gen 1:14-19)
On day 4, God created the sun, moon, planets, and stars and placed them in the heavens.
He assigned them the job of giving light to the earth and created them in a way that allowed humans to use them to keep time by marking days, seasons, and years.
Day 5 (Gen 1:20-23):
God created sea life and birds.
God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
Day 6 (Gen 1:24-31):
The sixth day, God created the animals that live on dry land.
Then God created man in His own image.
He appointed humans to have “dominion” over all the other created beings.
After looking over all He had created, God concluded it was all “very good.”
Day 7 (Gen 2:1-3)
God finished His creation on the sixth day and rested on the seventh day.
God blessed the seventh day and made it holy.
Gen 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
