Event Old Testament
Creation
Also known as In the beginning
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, ordered the world by His word, and made humanity, male and female, in His own image to rule and care for it. The New Testament adds that everything was made through the Word who became flesh in Jesus.
Why it matters. The story of Jesus starts here, because John and Paul say the Son was the agent of creation. A good world made by a good God is the backdrop against which the fall, the promise, and the incarnation make sense.
- Primary passages
- Witnesses
Chronology confidence: low
Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 give two complementary accounts, the first ordered by days and the second centered on the garden and the first human pair. Christians differ over how to relate the days to natural history and over the age of the earth; FaithGraph reports the text and does not date the event.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
Connections
Creation precedes The fall
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe fall follows the creation and the placing of the pair in the garden.
Evidence:Adam participates in Creation
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceGenesis narrates God forming the man from the dust and placing him in the garden.
Evidence:Eve participates in Creation
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceGod makes the woman from the man's side and brings her to him as his partner.
Evidence:Jesus participates in Creation
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJohn says all things were made through the Word who became flesh, and Paul says all things were created through and for the Son.
Evidence:Creation occurs at Eden
Explicit in ScriptureMedium confidenceGenesis 2 sets the forming of the man and woman in the garden God planted in Eden; the wider creation of Genesis 1 is not located.
Evidence: