Analysis Of Genesis

The Original Context Summary: Genesis 1: 1- 32 is the story of Creation. It is defined as either a Historic and/or poetic narrative. The narrative was written to tell the story of how God had created the world we live in today. “Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath” is the chapter title and it goes on to give details of what was created on each of the six days. Each day the world had gotten better and more useful. The first day god created the earth and made day and night. The second day he made the sky. The third day he separated the land and sea. The fourth day God created the Sun, Stars and Moon. The fifth day God created animals for the sea and air. The last day was the sixth day and god created animals for the dry land as well as the first

All of them are gifts that have been beneficial to human development in his land. The creation story was written so that we may find more meaning to where it all came from and who we had come from. The passage helps to understand that our lives have meaning behind them. In this chapter, when humankind was created; there was a point that the whole world was created so that we may rein over it in his image. Genesis explains that the world that god had just finished was not actually complete until he had created the Human to rule over it. To take care of it and treat it like a gift because that is what it has been. With this origin story people can know what it really means to be alive and to appreciate and respect our world today.

Summary/Reflection:

The reason I chose the Creation story is because it was a topic that had been coming up in my mind and in life recently. As a girl who had been raised as a Christian I had been taught the creation story as the one true story. Once I had gone to school and learned about science and evolution, I had been confused. The stories of both creation and evolution