Pentecost Season · Trinity Sunday · Year A
Genesis 1:1-2:4a
The Beginning
May 31, 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 1:1-2:4a Working Preacher
A Luther Seminary commentary on the creation account appointed for Trinity Sunday.
Genesis 1 Enduring Word · David Guzik
A verse by verse evangelical commentary on the seven days of creation.
Genesis 1 verse by verse Precept Austin
A deep study page compiling Hebrew word studies, cross references, and many expositors on Genesis 1.
Classic commentaries on Genesis 1 BibleHub
A classic aggregator stacking Barnes, Gill, Ellicott, and other historic commentators verse by verse.
Genesis 1, Expository Notes StudyLight
Thomas Constable's expository notes on the structure and theology of the creation account.
Background & Word Study
Genesis 1 in Hebrew Sefaria
The Hebrew text with English translation and classical Jewish commentators such as Rashi and Ibn Ezra.
Genesis 1 interlinear BibleHub
The Hebrew text of Genesis 1 word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for bara and the divine plural.
Overview: Genesis 1-11 BibleProject
An animated overview of the opening chapters of Genesis that frames the creation account.
The Church Fathers
Questions preachers ask
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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