The next verse describes the
earth after its creation, long
after the creation of the universe: "Now the earth was [or became] formless and empty, darkness
was over the surface of the deep, and The Spirit of God was hovering over the
waters" (Genesis 1:2 NIV).
The First
Day. Light.
Gen 1:3-5 Then God said, "Let
there be light"; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was
good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day,
and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first
day.
The
Second Day. The Firmament
Gen 1:6-8 Then
God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it
divide the waters from the waters.” Thus God made the firmament, and divided
the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the
firmament; and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening
and the morning were the second day.
The Third
Day. Land and Vegetation
Gen
1:9-13 Then
God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one
place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. And God called the dry
land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God
saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the
herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its
kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so. And the earth
brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the
tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God
saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the third day.
The
Fourth Day. The Sun, Moon, and Stars
Gen
1:14-19 Then
God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide
the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and
years; "and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give
light on the earth"; and it was so. Then God made two great lights: the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made
the stars also. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on
the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light
from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning
were the fourth day.
The Fifth
Day. Sea Animals, and Birds
Gen
1:20-23 Then God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living
creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament
of the heavens." So God created great sea creatures and every living thing
that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every
winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God
blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in
the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." So the evening and the
morning were the fifth day.
The Sixth
Day. Land Animals, and Man
Gen
1:24-31 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature
according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each
according to its kind"; and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth
according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps
on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Then God
said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the
cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He
created him; male and female He created them.
Then God
blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the
earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of
the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." And God
said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the
face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall
be for food. "Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air,
and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have
given every green herb for food"; and it was so. Then God saw everything
that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning
were the sixth day.
The
Seventh Day. The Sabbath Day, God Rested From His Work Of Creation
Gen 2:2-3
“By the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on the
seventh day He rested from all His work. And God blessed the seventh day and
made it holy, because on it He rested (or ceased) from all the work of creating
that He had done.”
