Part one of a brief overview of the Biblical story--for non-Christians

1. In the beginning

2. God created

8. the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1

9. And God said Let there be light! And there was light! And God saw that the light was good.

10. And God said “ Let there be a huge space between the waters.” And it happened! And that happened too! God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into oceans. Let dry land appear!”

11. Then God said: And it happened! Let the land produce plants and trees, each bearing fruit with seeds in it. And God saw that it was good!

12. And God saw that it was good! And God said, “Let there be lights in the huge space of the sky, a sun and a moon to give light to the earth.

13. God said: Let the waters be filled with living things. Let birds fly above the earth.

14. God said: Let the land produce all kinds of living creatures: cattle and snakes and tigers.

15. And God saw that it was good!

16. Then God said, “Let’s make a human being, someone like us. They can rule over the fish and the birds and all of the animals for us.”

18. God blessed them, “Have children, fill the earth and bring it under your control.