| Day 1: Day 2: Day 3: Day 4: Day 5: Day 6: Day 7: | heaven, earth, & light sky land & plants sun, moon, & stars birds & fish land animals & man God rested | God’s heaven and the angels were created here; God also separated light from dark. "The waters above" seems to indicate that a water canopy was formed above the earth; this would spread out the sun's heat over all the earth. God formed the beasts that roam the land from out of the ground, and He brought each of them to the man to be named. God blessed seventh day, and He later set it aside as the Sabbath Day. Exodus 20:11 states clearly that the world was made in six 24-hour periods. |
Purpose for each creation
| Day 1: A dwelling place for God’s creations; light needed for eyes to see and used for photosynthesis | Day 2: A safe atmosphere for organic creatures | Day 3: Seed-bearing plants for man, green plants for animals (vv. 29-30) |
| Day 4: Signs to mark seasons and days and years; govern day and night | Day 5: birds and fish are to be fruitful and increase | Day 6: Man - fill the earth, subdue it, rule over every creature; work and care for the Garden of Eden Woman - a suitable helper for the man, form family bond |
