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Genesis 1:1–2:3 Genesis opens with God creating the universe in six days and resting on the seventh. Creation occurs by divine decree: God speaks and calls all things into being. Each day of creation is described following the same basic pattern: God speaks, His creation appears, God approves of His creation, God names His creation, and the day ends with the refrain, “there was evening and there was morning, the x day.” The stages of creation move through increasing levels of
Genesis 1:1–2:3