Genesis: The Beginning of the Universe Quiz

Answer: Spirit of God

"Genesis" is a Greek word that means "beginnings". The entire book of Genesis is about many different beginnings and covers at least 2000 years of history. Many believe it is not intended to be a book of historical facts, but is more about the spiritual interpretation of the facts it presents.

The opening verse of this book reads, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1)

Answer: Light

"And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light 'day,' and the darkness he called 'night.' And there was evening, and there was morning -- the first day." (Genesis 1:3-5)

Answer: Sky

"And God said, 'Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.' So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. God called the expanse 'sky.' And there was evening, and there was morning -- the second day." (Genesis 1:6-8)

Answer: Vegetation

"Then God said, 'Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.' And it was so. ... And there was evening, and there was morning -- the third day." (Genesis 1:11,13)

Answer: Fourth

"And God said, 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.' And it was so. God made two great lights -- the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night.

He also made the stars. ... And there was evening, and there was morning -- the fourth day." (Genesis 1:14-16, 19)

Answer: Be fruitful

"And God said, 'Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the expanse of the sky.' So God created the great creatures of the the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, 'Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.' And there was evening, and there was morning -- the fifth day." (Genesis 1:20-23)

Answer: Living creatures

"And God said, 'Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.' And it was so." (Genesis 1:24)

Answer: Male and female humans

"Then God said, 'Let us make man in or image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.' So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. ... God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning -- the sixth day." (Genesis 1:26-27, 31)

Answer: That it was good

After each day's work of creation, except the second day, it is remarked that God saw that it was good. In fact, on the sixth day, after he finished all his work of creation, he saw that "it was very good." (Genesis 1:31)

Answer: Sixth day

"Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done." (Genesis 2:1-3)