GENESIS 1 – Creation
What did God create on the first day?
Light
📖 Genesis 1:3 (KJV)
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”
What garden did God place Adam in?
The Garden of Eden
📖 Genesis 2:8 (KJV)
“And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”
Who is speaking to Moses in this account?
The Lord
📖 Moses 2:1
“And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Moses, saying: Behold, I reveal unto you concerning this heaven, and this earth…”
Who was the first man?
Adam
📖 Moses 3:7
“And I, the Lord God, formed man from the dust of the ground…”
What did God teach Abraham using the stars?
That God is greater and has a plan
📖 Abraham 3:22
“Now the Lord had shown unto me… the intelligences that were organized before the world was…”
On which day were the sun, moon, and stars created?
he fourth day
📖 Genesis 1:14–16 (KJV)
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
And 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.”
From what part of Adam was Eve created?
His rib
📖 Genesis 2:21–22 (KJV)
“And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs…
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.”
What did God say after creating light?
That it was good
📖 Moses 2:4
“And I, God, saw the light; and that light was good.”
What gift allowed Adam and Eve to choose?
Agency
📖 Moses 3:17
“Nevertheless, thou mayest choose for thyself…”
Who is greater—God or the stars?
God
📖 Abraham 3:19
“If there be two spirits, and one shall be more intelligent than the other… I am the Lord thy God, I am more intelligent than they all.”
What phrase shows God’s approval of His creations?
“It was good.”
📖 Genesis 1:10 (KJV)
“And God saw that it was good.”
Which tree were Adam and Eve commanded not to eat from?
The tree of knowledge of good and evil
📖 Genesis 2:16–17 (KJV)
“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it…”
How does Moses describe God’s role in creation?
“I, God”
📖 Moses 2:26
“And I, God, said unto mine Only Begotten… let us make man in our image, after our likeness…”
What two trees were in the garden?
Tree of life and tree of knowledge
📖 Moses 3:9
“And out of the ground made I, the Lord God, to grow every tree… the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.”
What did the Lord use to teach Abraham?
The stars and planets
📖 Abraham 3:2
“And the Lord said unto me: These are the governing ones…”
What was created on the sixth day?
Man and animals
📖 Genesis 1:24–27 (KJV)
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
What responsibility was Adam given in the Garden?
To dress and keep it
📖 Genesis 2:15 (KJV)
“And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”
What is God’s purpose for creating mankind?
Eternal life
📖 Moses 1:39
“For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”
Why was opposition necessary?
So man could act for himself
📖 2 Nephi 2:16
“Wherefore, the Lord God gave unto man that he should act for himself.”
Who is the greatest of all?
God (Abraham 3:19)
In whose image was man created?
In the image of God
📖 Genesis 1:26 (KJV)
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…”
Why was Eve created?
As a help meet for Adam
📖 Genesis 2:18 (KJV)
“And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”
Who helped create the earth according to Moses?
The Only Begotten
📖 Moses 2:26
“And I, God, said unto mine Only Begotten, which was with me from the beginning…”
What would have happened if Adam had not fallen?
They would have remained in innocence
📖 2 Nephi 2:23
“And they would have had no children… having no joy, for they knew no misery.”
Did God know us before we were born?
Yes (Abraham 3:22–23)