The Flow of Gen 1.1-2.3

Let's review the flow of the argument in Genesis 1.1-2.3...

GEN 1.1: God creates all things

GEN 1.2-2.3: God prepares a land where humans can live in his blessing.

• 1.2. Prelude—The Uninhabitable Land: The condition of the land before God prepares it for human habitation.

• 1.3-5. Day One: God separates light from darkness and establishes day and night

• 1.6-8. A Second Day: God separates the sky from the waters.

• 1.9-13. A Third Day: God separates the land from the waters and calls the earth to bring forth plants.

• 1.14-19. A Fourth Day: God sets lights in the sky and assigns their purposes.

• 1.20-23. A Fifth Day: God makes creatures to fill the waters and skies.

• 1.24-31. A Sixth Day: God makes creatures to fill the land, and creates humans in his image, blessing and providing for them.

• 2.1-3. Postlude—The Seventh Day: God had completed his work, so he rested and sanctified the seventh day.