Story of Creation Biblical Allusion Source: The Old Testament- Genesis 1
- Everything was dark and dismal before God
- God spent the first day creating light and separated the day and night
- On the second day, the sky was created by God
- On the third day, God created the ground and gathered the water into the oceans/seas and land/vegetation
- On the fourth day, God created the sun, moon, stars and seasons, day, years
- On the fifth day, created winged birds and living sea animals and blessed them to reproduce
- On the sixth day, land animals and man/woman to rule over the earth and reproduce
- On the seventh day, God rested and made earth holy
Commentary: The concept of this story is creating this perfect world in which everything consists in harmony. This can be found in the book
Utopia by Thomas More, he creates a perfect society in which everything is idealistic and nothing bad happens.
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