Unearthing Genesis 1:1 | Appendix A
The Sapphire Review Vol. 2 | No. 20 • April 28, 2025
The Record of Creation Week
THE CREATION
Introduction: Genesis 1:1
Narrative Proper: Genesis 1:2-31
Conclusion: Genesis 2:1
Introductory Summary (1)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:1
The First Day
Genesis 1:2-5
God made the Light called “Day”
And God said… (Genesis 1:3)
And there was… (Genesis 1:3)
God saw… [it was] good (Genesis 1:4)
And God called… (Genesis 1:5)
And the evening and the morning were… (Genesis 1:5)
The Second Day
Genesis 1:6-8
God made the Firmament called “Heaven”
And God said… (Genesis 1:6)
And it was so… (Genesis 1:7)
And God called… (Genesis 1:8)
And the evening and the morning were… (Genesis 1:8)
The Third Day
Genesis 1:9-13
God made the Gathering Together of the Waters called “Seas”
And God said… (Genesis 1:9)
And it was so… (Genesis 1:9)
And God called… (Genesis 1:10)
And God saw… [it was] good (Genesis 1:10)
God made the Dry-Land called “Earth”
And God said… (Genesis 1:9)
And it was so… (Genesis 1:9)
And God called… (Genesis 1:10)
And God saw… [it was] good (Genesis 1:10)
God made [Tender] Grass, Herbs, and Trees
And God said… (Genesis 1:11)
And it was so… (Genesis 1:11)
And God saw… [it was] good (Genesis 1:12)
And the evening and the morning were… (Genesis 1:13)
The Fourth Day
Genesis 1:14-19
God made the Greater Light (Sun)
And God said… (Genesis 1:14-15)
And it was so… (Genesis 1:15)
And God saw… [it was] good (Genesis 1:18)
God made the Lesser Light (Moon)
And God said… (Genesis 1:14-15)
And it was so… (Genesis 1:15)
And God saw… [it was] good (Genesis 1:18)
God made the Stars
And God said… (Genesis 1:14-15)
And it was so… (Genesis 1:15)
And God saw… [it was] good (Genesis 1:18)
And the evening and the morning were… (Genesis 1:19)
The Fifth Day
Genesis 1:20-23
God made the Fish of the Sea
And God said… (Genesis 1:20)
And God saw… [it was] good (Genesis 1:21)
And God blessed them… (Genesis 1:22)
God made the Fowl of the Air (or Heaven)
And God said… (Genesis 1:20)
And God saw… [it was] good (Genesis 1:21)
And God blessed them… (Genesis 1:22)
And the evening and the morning were… (Genesis 1:23)
The Sixth Day
Genesis 1:24-31 (See also Genesis 2:5-7, 18-25)
God made [the] Living Creatures and Beasts of the Earth (or Dry-Land)
And God said… (Genesis 1:24)
And it was so… (Genesis 1:24)
And God saw… [it was] good (Genesis 1:25)
And God blessed them… (Genesis 1:28)
God made [the] Man called “Adam” and [the] Woman called “Eve”
And God said… (Genesis 1:26)
And God blessed them… (Genesis 1:28)
And it was so… (Genesis 1:30)
And God saw… [it was] very good (Genesis 1:31)
And the evening and the morning were… (Genesis 1:31)
Conclusory Summary
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Genesis 2:1
THE SABBATH
Genesis 2:2-3
The Seventh Day
Genesis 2:2-3
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Genesis 2:2
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Genesis 2:3
Introductory Summary (2)
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that [JEHOVAH] God made the earth and the heavens,
Genesis 2:4