# God makes the world

A Bible story for kids, told from Genesis 1 and 2. Read the passage: https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/1

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/bible-stories-for-kids/creation. Scripture quotations are from the Lumin Translation.

## The story

In the beginning, there was no world like ours. It was dark and empty, with deep water everywhere. But God was there.

God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light. God saw that the light was good. He called the light Day and the dark Night. That was the first day.

On the second day, God made the sky.

On the third day, God gathered the water into seas, and dry land came up. He made plants and trees that grow fruit and seeds.

On the fourth day, God made the sun for the day, the moon for the night, and the stars too.

On the fifth day, God filled the seas with fish and great sea creatures, and he filled the sky with birds.

On the sixth day, God made animals for the land: cattle, wild animals, and creatures that crawl. Then God made people. He made them in his own image, male and female, and he gave them the earth to care for.

God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good.

On the seventh day, God rested. He blessed that day and made it holy.

> God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good indeed. There was evening and there was morning—the sixth day. (Genesis 1:31)

## Talk about it

- What is your favorite thing God made? Why?
- God said everything he made was very good. What does that tell us about animals, trees, and people?
- God made people “in his image.” How can we treat other people, knowing God made them too?

## For grown-ups

This telling follows the order of Genesis 1, with the day of rest from Genesis 2:1-3. Christians read the six days in different ways, as ordinary days or as a pattern that teaches who made the world. The text is clear on the point a child needs: God made everything, and he called it very good.