If Genesis is the book of beginnings, how important is the beginning of that book? Genesis chapters 1 and 2 lay foundations that are vital for understanding all of life. What is God like? Where did we come from? What are we here for? In these first two chapters of the Bible, spanning just seven twenty-four-hour days, we have profound answers to these questions, and more. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (1:1)—light and
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