Read Genesis 5 & Psalm 1Even though we've been seeing the brokenness of humanity, we are reminded in 5:1-2 of the innate dignity of humanity as God's image and likeness, which is passed on to each gen...  Read More

Read Genesis 4How do Adam and Eve respond to God's promise to crush Satan and evil through Eve's offspring (3:15)?  Faith. Eve says, "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man" (4:1).  Even...  Read More

*This devotional series has been written by the AIA staff team at the University of VirginiaRead Genesis 3:14-24 Do not skim over this passage!  In the first half of chapter 3, Adam and Eve begin to e...  Read More

Read Genesis 3:1-13The chapter begins with a question about God's command.  The implication is that the command is not good for Eve.  Did God really say that?  Is God withholding something good from t...  Read More

Read Genesis 2:18-25Adam is ruling over creation (2:19-20), but it was not good for him to do it alone.  He is made in the image of a relational God and was therefore made for relationships.  He also ...  Read More

Read Genesis 2:4-17Genesis 2 is a retelling of creation with a specific emphasis on the creation of man and woman.  We learn of our humble beginnings ("dust"), the garden of Eden with some geographica...  Read More

Genesis 2:1-3 says this: "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.  And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from ...  Read More

Genesis 1:27-31 says this: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multi...  Read More

Read Genesis 1:1-27Do you see the poetic symmetry of Genesis 1 displayed below?  Genesis 1:2 states that the earth was "formless and empty" when God first created it, but in days 1-3 God gives form to...  Read More