Beginning at the Beginning

Open your Bible to the very first book. What is it called? Genesis. That means, "beginning". It's a good name for this book, because it is the beginning of the Bible and it's about the beginning of the world.

Genesis and the next four books are called the books of the law. They were written by God, of course, but God used a man named Moses to write His words down.

There are two main parts to the book of Genesis. One part is about the early days on the earth. That part is called the "primeval period". Long words are fun to learn, but if you would like it better, you can call this part, "early days". It's about the things that happened when the earth was young. In that part we will learn about the creation, the fall (when Adam and Eve sinned), the flood of Noah's day, and the tower of Babel.

The second part of Genesis is about early people, or the "patriarchal period". That's a good long word to learn! "Patriarch" means "father". In this part of Genesis, we will learn about Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph who were the fathers of the Hebrew nation.

Now, let's look at chapter one of Genesis and see what our world was like in the beginning".

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