Genesis

             I have never read the Bible before, in reading the chapters I find myself even more confused about God then I was before. I wrote what I thought was going on in each chapter and even asked a few questions. If this is not what you are looking for please let me know so I can do it right for the next time.
             In this chapter God created heaven and the earth. We are to see God in this chapter as a spirit. On the first day God divided the light (good) from the dark (bad). On the second day God divided the waters and called the firmament heaven. (I do not know what the word firmament means. Can you please explain?) On the third day God made the earth with grass and trees that grew fruit on them. On the fourth day he made the stars in the heaven to point out day from night. He also created the sun and moon. On the fifth day God created the sea animals and the birds. On the sixth day God created male and female to rule over all the other animals. I don't understand the wording in the next section; "He
             refers to everything as "his kind" and lets make man in OUR image." To whom does our refer to? Later he mentions that it is in his own image. On the seventh day he rested, so he could sit back and enjoy all that he created.
             God is not a living person in chapter one; he is a spirit that moves across the earth. God says something and it happens. We believe that it took only six
             days to create earth but who is to say it didn't take longer. There were no clocks at that time and there was no one around to see what actually went on.
             This chapter also is about the creation. Only in this chapter God is a man. God formed man out of dirt of the ground with his two hands and then he gave him life. God also brought forth all the animals for the man to name. Now in class we said this was the way man was to find a mate, I never thought of it that way.
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