Creation and Genesis 1-11

Read through the first nine chapters, Genesis 1-9, and then Genesis 11:1-9 before watching the videos. There are no reading questions this week. Use the outline to help you follow along with the video. Print out these notes and fill them in or type within the word document. Reviewing these notes will prepare you for the multiple-choice lecture quiz that follows.

Learning Objectives:
1. Summarize the days of creation.
2. Explain what it means to be created in God’s image.
3. Identify the significance of Genesis 3 and “the fall."
4. Summarize the events of Genesis 1-11.
5. Identify the main characters of Genesis 1-11.
6. List the first three major OT themes: creation, fall, and flood.   

Memory Verse:
Genesis 1:27-28a (NIV)
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.

Genesis 1:27-28a (ESV)
27 So God created man in his own image,

    in the image of God he created him;

    male and female he created them.

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it

This verse reminds us that every human being has been created in God’s image. This should impact how we live in relationships with one another.