For Kids · 4 min with a grown-up
Genesis is the very first book of the Bible. It tells how everything began.
Today's Story
Before there was anything, there was God. No sky. No ground. No light. No people. Just God, in the dark.
Then God spoke. He said, “Let there be light.” And just like that — light. God called the light day, and the dark night. That was the very first day.
The next day, God made the sky. The day after that, He pulled the water back so dry land could come up, and He told the land to grow plants and trees and flowers.
On the fourth day, God hung the sun in the sky to shine in the day, and the moon and stars to shine at night.
On the fifth day, God filled the water with fish and the sky with birds. On the sixth day, He filled the land with animals — big ones, small ones, every kind you can think of.
And then, last of all, God made people. He made them like Himself, so they could love and think and care for things the way He does. He gave them the whole world to look after.
God looked at everything He had made. And He smiled. It was very good.
On the seventh day, God rested.
A Big Word
Memory Verse
Talk About It
- If you could make anything you wanted — anything at all — what would you make?
- God made you on purpose, the same way He made the sun and the trees. How does it feel to know He wanted you here?
- What's one thing you saw today that God made? Why do you think He made it?