Genesis 1: 1-2

There are many different ways to interpret Genesis. On the first verse, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” there are two main interpretations. One interpretation is that the verse is a summary of the entire Genesis account. The second interpretation represents God’s first creative act. In order to discover which interpretation of Genesis I believe is correct, I had to keep reading. In Genesis 1:2 the verse starts with “and” which tells me that Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 are part of one contiguous thought.

As Genesis is the first book of the bible and verses 1:1-2:3 are the first accounts, it is essential that the story that proceeds be examined. What is then discovered is another account about creation. This creation story is similar to the first account but it can be seen that God ‘is not working to a pre-planned strategy’ , this then ‘hints at a measure of vulnerability in the Creator’ in the second creation account which is a stark difference to the first story of creation where God is viewed as ‘is a king who does all things well: in his own judgement, it is 'very good'. He alone is responsible for creation: his voice alone is heard; he consults no one for wisdom or advice’ . Incorporating the world behind the text and the world of the text we are able to get a more cohesive experience about what the story is telling us, in this case what Genesis 1:1-2:3 is actually referring to. The tools used to analyse the text allows the audience to develop greater insight about the purpose of the text, it also allows the audience to change their previous viewpoint with integrated gained depth and

Robert states in chapter one that “Genesis 1-2, the first two chapters of the bible show us God’s original, perfect creation” (27). In this chapter he goes into depth about the creation of the world. Roberts gives us four truths about creation.

How the world people are living in right now was created in the beginning? Humankind has been asking this question throughout the centuries, and some people throw some answers to this question. People in Israel answer that God created the heaven and earth in the beginning while Babylonians answer that Marduk establishes the natural order and dwelling for gods after win a battle. The reason that these two ethnic groups respond differently is because they have been walked through different history and worldview. Enuma Elish, which is the Babylonian creation epic, and the book of Genesis in the Bible, what Israelites believe, shows little similar sense but totally different idea of creation.

The purpose of Genesis is simply to record the handiwork of God. This is the foundational book for all books in the Bible, as most stories in the Bible can be traced back to this book.

A protagonist is the character that drives the action of the plot. In Genesis 24, the main character who drives the plot of the story is Abraham’s servant, who has been given the job to find a suitable wife for Isaac. The entire story of Genesis 24 is revolved around the job of the servant and him being divinely introduced to Rebekah, the wife Abraham said to find.

I believe Revelation 12:7-10 is a depiction of what happened between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. In that unknown amount of time between the two verses, war arose in heaven. Note – the past tense is used; this already occurred. The devil was defeated and thrown down here to earth along with his angels (demons) where he tries to oppress and possess the church and all the inhabitants of the earth knowing that he cannot win because Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior has already become victorious.

The first phrase in the Hebrew text of Genesis 1:1means "In the beginning." The book of Genesis is about many beginnings- The beginning of the Universe,The beginning of Man and Woman,The beginning of human sin,and the beginning of God's promises and

The first verses for this week are Genesis 12:1-4a. This talks about how if we don’t listen to God and don’t respect him he will still love us, but we may not receive the blessings that we want. This is saying that God provided justice for us and we should not take that for granted. To me this reminds me of karma; what goes around comes around meaning that whether you are kind or rude to someone they and other people can be that way towards you. In my life I find that when I am happier and kinder to people around me they seem to act kinder and happier towards me. When someone near you is rude or in a bad mood it is hard to just suddenly be in a great mood and ignore that person. This is difficult to do even though it is what the bigger better would and should do.

The Bible in the Christian religion is used as a guide and answer book to any concerns that one might have. With one concern having in mind about whether evolution happened or not, perhaps Genesis has a hidden message about this topic. In the beginning of chapter two of Genesis, it starts by God creating the first man and woman and placing them in the garden of Eden. God told Adam and Eve that they can eat from any tree and plant they want, but except the fruits from the tree of knowledge. At some time, a snake described as “the most intelligent of all the wild animals” appeared and told Eve that probably the reason why the Lord didn’t allowed anyone to eat the fruits because they will “see clearly and.. will be like God, knowing good and evil (Genesis 3).” Eve, thinking the tree of knowledge will provide her wisdom, eats the fruit as well her husband Adam. As a result, humanity till now suffers the consequences of Adam and Eve as same with the snake, it was known as an intelligent animal to a cursed one. This allegory in Genesis warns humanity about “too much knowledge”. For example, the snake was known as the most intelligent creature, but yet it was the cause of the downfall of Adam and Eve. Eve disobeyed God and took a bite of the fruit from the tree of knowledge, because she wanted to be like God and obtain the understatement of life.

In Genesis 18:1-15, Jesus visits Abraham, along with a monumental message about the future. God makes a promise to Abraham, that is relatively impossible. The promise results in Abraham's wife showing disbelief against God. Since she was elderly, she disbelieved that something such as this could ever happen. In Luke 1:37, it says, "for nothing is impossible with God". Sarah did not believe that God could do the impossible, and years later the impossible happened

The sons of God were first referenced in Genesis 6:1-4. Genesis 6:1-4 says: “When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.” The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

Explanation: In Genesis 15-17 you can find God’s promise of a son to Abram and also that his seed will be blessed. Later on, you find where Sarai tries to take things into her own hands but things do not go exactly as she planned but God still made good all his promises.

John’s Gospel famously begins “In the beginning was the Word….” The echo of Genesis 1:1 is intentional and unmistakable. Jesus’ entire redemptive ministry means there is now a new beginning, a starting over—a new creation. This Jesus, who is the Word, who was with God at the very beginning, through whom all things were made, is now walking among us as redeemer (John 1:1-5). Those who believe in him are no longer born of earthly parents but “born of God” (vv. 12-13). They start over. The language of “born again” later in John (3:3) points in the same direction.

The book of Genesis manifests in the literary form of prose: biblical and historical narrative. Genesis is the first book of the Law and it is a book of beginnings, in more ways than one. It starts out with stories about the creation of the world and humanity (Gen 1-11) as well as the beginning of the particular people of Israel and their ancestors (Gen 12-50). The story of the birth of Ishmael, in Genesis 16, addresses a patriarchal period, one which is inclusive of narratives about rivalry between women and that of the promise of the birth of a son. The purpose of this paper is to arrive at a reasonable and coherent understanding of the meaning of Genesis 16:1-16.