Trinity/After Pentecost · The Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity
Genesis 1:1-2:3
The Beginning
October 25, 2026
Overview & Insights
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1)
Genesis opens with the account of creation, which is as profound as it is simple. It focuses on the way God ordered the earth. The text addresses the heavens only as they have an impact on life on earth.
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Commentary
Genesis 1 Commentary: The Account of God's Creation Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse by verse through the seven days of creation.
Genesis 1:1-2:4a Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed commentary on creation spoken into being by the word of the Triune God, covering the creation week.
Genesis 1 Commentary Precept Austin
Verse by verse notes with Hebrew word studies on the creation account.
Genesis 1:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentators assembled on 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.'
Background & Word Study
Genesis - Enter the Bible Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on Genesis and its opening creation narrative.
Genesis 1 | Sefaria Library Sefaria
Hebrew text with the Jewish commentary tradition on the creation account.
Book of Genesis Summary (Overview Video, Part 1) BibleProject
Animated overview of Genesis 1-11, opening with the creation week.
Genesis 1:1 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew text with parsing and Strong's numbers for the creation account.
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What is the Creation account?
In six days God speaks the world into being, light, sky, land and sea, plants, sun and moon, living creatures, and humankind in his image, and rests on the seventh, blessing and hallowing it (Genesis 1:1–2:3).
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