The Genesis Creation Story

Since the beginning scholars and scientist have been faced with the challenge of explaining the origin of humanity. The story of creation in the Bible depicts the nature of a supreme being called God, who created the world in six days. It was a systematic order of events where He created the light on the first day resulting in night and day (Page 47). The creation story in the book of Genesis shows the God-given roles mandated to human beings after their creation. Case in point, God created man and woman to multiply, fill and subdue the earth. God also gave human being the power to rule over the fish in the sea, the birds and all living creature that moves on land. The story of creation plays a significant role showing the effect of power through Gods creation by word of mouth and knowledge to distinguish between right and wrong for human beings. God is seen to be almighty and omniscient since from expertise He created man in His image and likeness and gave dominion over the sea creatures, birds of the sky and any living creature (Elliot and Mastrangelo 58).

Genesis creation story shows a God with knowledge in purposeful creation from a void. The awareness of good and evil acts like a moral compass that governs the behavior of human beings (McLaughlin 76). The effect of the knowledge trickles down to humankind since we were created in his image therefore impacted in inventions and modern discoveries. Genesis creation grants humanity the knowledge to be able to name the rest of nature like Adam who was tasked with identifying the animals and the plant in the Garden of Eden. Therefore, without the knowledge of how to subdue the earth, human beings would fail in the role of participating in God's work of creation (Page