Genesis 1 as ORDER, Genesis 2 as GIFTS

Genesis 1:1 – 2:3 (Creation as ORDER)

Proclamation

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (1:1)

Before God's creation 

Empty, chaos, lack of order

"The earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep." (1:2)

Physical Order

Verses	Day	Set Apart	'It was good'	Named by	God bless
3-5	1	Light and darkness (contrasts: Isaiah 54:7)	👍	God	--
6-8	2	Water (space: Ecclesiastes 3)	--	God	--
9-10	3a	Land and sea (boundaries: Job 38:8-11)	👍	God	--

Note the verbs being used regularly here is not to 'create', but 'say', 'set apart' (differentiate), and 'call' (name).

Functional Order

Verses	Day	Diversify	'It was good'	Named by	God bless
11-13	3b	Plants, food (resources and supplies)	👍	God	--
14-19	4	Celestial bodies: day, time (patterns and routines)	👍	God	--
20-23	5	Fish, birds (spheres of activity)	👍	Man	👍
24-25	6a	Beasts, creatures (modes of activity)	👍	Man	--
26-31	6b	Human: image of God	👍	God	👍

Verses

Day

Set Apart

'It was good'

Named by

God bless

2: 1-3

7

Sabbath

👍(Holy)

God

👍

 

Genesis 2:4-25  (Creation as GIFTS)

Proclamation 

"...the Lord God made the earth and the heavens." (2:4)

Before God's creation

Lack life or resources: 

"Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground." (2:5-6)

Moral Order

Verse	Creation	Gifts	Man's role
7	Man	Breath (to anoint)	--
8	Garden	Protection and shelter (to be enclosed)	--
9	Trees	Food, beauty, enjoyment, life, but also a moral order	--
10-14	River	Unlimited supply, abundance	--
15	Garden	Potential to be cultivated	To cultivate and protect
16-17	Trees	Values and a moral order set by God	To receive and make decision
18-25	Woman	Partner, relationships	To experience and commit