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Genesis 1: Creation and Order

Genesis 1 portrays God bringing a formless world into ordered, life-filled goodness through His word, culminating in humanity made in His image.

Escritura

  1. 1.En el principio creó Dios los cielos y la tierra.In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
  2. 2.Y la tierra estaba desordenada y vacía, y las tinieblas estaban sobre la faz del abismo, y el Espíritu de Dios se movía sobre la faz de las aguas.And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
  3. 3.Y dijo Dios: Sea la luz; y fue la luz.And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
  4. 4.Y vio Dios que la luz era buena; y separó Dios la luz de las tinieblas.And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
  5. 5.Y llamó Dios a la luz Día, y a las tinieblas llamó Noche. Y fue la tarde y la mañana un día.And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
  6. 6.Luego dijo Dios: Haya expansión en medio de las aguas, y separe las aguas de las aguas.And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
  7. 7.E hizo Dios la expansión, y separó las aguas que estaban debajo de la expansión, de las aguas que estaban sobre la expansión. Y fue así.And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
  8. 8.Y llamó Dios a la expansión Cielos. Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día segundo.And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
  9. 9.Dijo también Dios: Júntense las aguas que están debajo de los cielos en un lugar, y descúbrase lo seco. Y fue así.And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
  10. 10.Y llamó Dios a lo seco Tierra, y a la reunión de las aguas llamó Mares. Y vio Dios que era bueno.And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
  11. 11.Después dijo Dios: Produzca la tierra hierba verde, hierba que dé semilla; árbol de fruto que dé fruto según su género, que su semilla esté en él, sobre la tierra. Y fue así.And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.
  12. 12.Produjo, pues, la tierra hierba verde, hierba que da semilla según su naturaleza, y árbol que da fruto, cuya semilla está en él, según su género. Y vio Dios que era bueno.And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
  13. 13.Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día tercero.And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
  14. 14.Dijo luego Dios: Haya lumbreras en la expansión de los cielos para separar el día de la noche; y sirvan de señales para las estaciones, para días y años,And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
  15. 15.y sean por lumbreras en la expansión de los cielos para alumbrar sobre la tierra. Y fue así.and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
  16. 16.E hizo Dios las dos grandes lumbreras; la lumbrera mayor para que señorease en el día, y la lumbrera menor para que señorease en la noche; hizo también las estrellas.And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
  17. 17.Y las puso Dios en la expansión de los cielos para alumbrar sobre la tierra,And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,
  18. 18.y para señorear en el día y en la noche, y para separar la luz de las tinieblas. Y vio Dios que era bueno.and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
  19. 19.Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día cuarto.And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
  20. 20.Dijo Dios: Produzcan las aguas seres vivientes, y aves que vuelen sobre la tierra, en la abierta expansión de los cielos.And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
  21. 21.Y creó Dios los grandes monstruos marinos, y todo ser viviente que se mueve, que las aguas produjeron según su género, y toda ave alada según su especie. Y vio Dios que era bueno.And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
  22. 22.Y Dios los bendijo, diciendo: Fructificad y multiplicaos, y llenad las aguas en los mares, y multiplíquense las aves en la tierra.And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.
  23. 23.Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día quinto.And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
  24. 24.Luego dijo Dios: Produzca la tierra seres vivientes según su género, bestias y serpientes y animales de la tierra según su especie. Y fue así.And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.
  25. 25.E hizo Dios animales de la tierra según su género, y ganado según su género, y todo animal que se arrastra sobre la tierra según su especie. Y vio Dios que era bueno.And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
  26. 26.Entonces dijo Dios: Hagamos al hombre a nuestra imagen, conforme a nuestra semejanza; y señoree en los peces del mar, en las aves de los cielos, en las bestias, en toda la tierra, y en todo animal que se arrastra sobre la tierra.And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
  27. 27.Y creó Dios al hombre a su imagen, a imagen de Dios lo creó; varón y hembra los creó.And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
  28. 28.Y los bendijo Dios, y les dijo: Fructificad y multiplicaos; llenad la tierra, y sojuzgadla, y señoread en los peces del mar, en las aves de los cielos, y en todas las bestias que se mueven sobre la tierra.And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
  29. 29.Y dijo Dios: He aquí que os he dado toda planta que da semilla, que está sobre toda la tierra, y todo árbol en que hay fruto y que da semilla; os serán para comer.And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:
  30. 30.Y a toda bestia de la tierra, y a todas las aves de los cielos, y a todo lo que se arrastra sobre la tierra, en que hay vida, toda planta verde les será para comer. Y fue así.and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.
  31. 31.Y vio Dios todo lo que había hecho, y he aquí que era bueno en gran manera. Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día sexto.And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Qué significa este pasaje

The chapter is organized as a sequence of creative acts: God speaks, acts, names, evaluates, and separates or fills. Light, skies, seas, land, plants, luminaries, creatures, and human beings appear in a progression from formlessness to a habitable world.

Each day follows a repeated pattern of command and fulfillment, with evening and morning marking the days. God's repeated judgment that the creation is good presents the material world as ordered and valuable, not as an inherently defective realm.

Humanity is the climax: male and female are made in God's image and given responsibility to rule over other creatures. The command to multiply, fill, and subdue the earth presents human vocation as fruitful stewardship within God's created order.

Contexto

The chapter begins the creation narrative, with the earth described as formless, empty, and dark, while God's Spirit is present over the waters. The movement from this condition to light, separated realms, living creatures, and finally humans is the chapter's central literary movement.

The chapter concludes the first creation account with the sixth day and an overall assessment that everything made was very good. The following chapter continues the account with the formation of humanity, rest, and the distinctive Garden narrative, so Genesis 1 establishes the framework within which those events are read.

Palabras clave del original

  • H1254 The Hebrew word rendered “created” (bārāʾ) is used here for God's creative act. Its occurrence emphasizes that the heavens and earth come into being through God's initiative, distinct from the ordinary expressions used for forming or making particular parts of creation.
  • H7225 The Hebrew term for “beginning” (rēʾšiyṯ) marks the opening of the created order and time as presented in the chapter. The text does not here specify a date or scientific timetable; it presents a theological account of God's creative beginning.
  • H8414 The word translated “waste” or “formless” (ṯōhû) describes the earth as lacking formed order, not as morally evil. The narrative moves from this condition toward distinguishable and inhabited creation through God's commands.

Versículos relacionados

  • John 1:1 The opening “In the beginning” forms a deliberate literary and theological parallel with John's account of the Word's existence from the beginning. The verses invite comparison of Genesis' creation account with John's presentation of the Word's identity and relationship to God.
  • Hebrews 11:3 This reference interprets the creation account in terms of faith: the visible world is understood as framed by God's word rather than as arising merely from what is already visible. It presents creation as a proper object of trust in God's spoken action.
  • Revelation 4:11 The reference joins creation to God's worthiness, glory, honor, and power. Read alongside Genesis 1, it frames the created world not as an independent source of meaning but as reality existing and coming into being according to God's will.

Preguntas frecuentes

What is the main structure of Genesis 1?

It is a patterned account of six days, in which God speaks and brings order, light, living things, and humanity into being, followed by a seventh-day framework in the surrounding account.

What does it mean that humans are made in God's image?

The text presents humanity as uniquely related to God and entrusted with responsible rule over creation. The chapter does not define the image in a detailed philosophical way; it gives humanity a distinct status and a calling to steward the created world.

Does Genesis 1 describe the material world as evil?

No. The earth begins as formless and empty, but the repeated statement that God's work is good culminates in the claim that everything made was very good. Creation is presented as ordered, life-giving, and valuable.

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