Old Testament
Genesis
Genesis opens the Bible with the creation of the world, the first humans, and the beginnings of God's covenant with Abraham and his family.
Chapters
Important verses
- In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.Genesis 1:1
- The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.Genesis 1:2
- God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.Genesis 1:3
- God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.Genesis 1:4
- God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.Genesis 1:5
- Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.Genesis 2:24