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God Makes the World

God Makes the World: a short retelling of the Bible story from Genesis 1 for children, with questions, a memory verse and an activity.

In the beginning there was nothing but darkness over the water. God said "Let there be light", and there was light. Over six days God made the sky and the sea, the land and the plants, the sun, the moon and the stars, the fish and birds, the animals and, last of all, people. God looked at everything and saw that it was good. On the seventh day God rested.

Read it in the Bible

This story is in Genesis chapter 1 of the Bible.

A verse to remember

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1, World English Bible

Questions to talk about

  1. What did God make on the first day?
  2. What did God say about everything he had made?
  3. What is your favourite thing that God made?

An activity

Go outside and find six different things from nature, one for each day of creation. Draw them.

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Where is this story in the Bible?

Genesis, chapter 1.

The stories are simple retellings for children and are not a substitute for reading the Bible. Churches teach the stories in different ways; adapt to your own tradition.