Genesis creation narrative facts for kids
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Quick facts for kids
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| Genre: | Creation myth |
| Written: | 1000-560 BC |
| Part of: | Book of Genesis in the Bible. |
The Genesis creation myth, found in the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis in the Bible, describes a supernatural beginning of the earth and life, ending with the creation of humans in the image of God. The creation myth is part of the Bible of Judaism and Christianity.
Chapter 1 tells of God's creation of the world, ending with the consecration of the seventh day as the Sabbath. Man and woman are created to be God's rulers over the new creation. Chapter 2 tells of God's planting a garden in which he places the first man, and from whose rib he creates the first woman. The chapter ends by saying marriage is holy.
Images for kids
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Cuneiform tablet with the Atra-Hasis Epic in the British Museum
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Marduk, god of Babylon, destroying Tiamat, the dragon of primeval chaos
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The Ancient of Days by William Blake (Copy D, 1794)
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The first day of creation, by Jean Colombe from the Heures de Louis de Laval
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The Creation – Bible Historiale (c. 1411)
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The Creation of the Animals (1506–1511), by Grão Vasco
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Seventh Day of Creation, from the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel
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The Creation by Lucas Cranach, 1534
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See also
In Spanish: Narración de la creación del Génesis para niños
