Grades 1–4

Old Testament History

Creation to Israel in Egypt

Lesson 1

The Creation of the World

Read:

1.

Who created the world?

a.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2.

How did God create the world?

a.

By his Word and Spirit, God created the world and everything in it in six days.

3.

What did God make on the first day?

a.

God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

4.

What did God create on the second day?

a.

God created the firmament.

5.

What did God create on the third day?

a.

God created the sea, the dry land, and all the plants and trees.

6.

What did God create on the fourth day?

a.

God created the sun to rule the day, the moon to rule the night, and all the stars of heaven.

7.

What did God create on the fifth day?

a.

God created all the fish of the sea and all the birds.

8.

What did God create on the sixth day?

a.

God created all the beasts of the field and every kind of animal to walk on the earth.

9.

What did God say after he had created all these things?

a.

God said that it all was very good.

10.

Why did God create all things?

a.

God created all things for Jesus Christ and his elect church.

Memory Verse

“God saw every thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good.”—

Grades 1–4

Old Testament History

Creation to Israel in Egypt

Lesson 2

The Creation of Adam and Eve

Read:

1.

How did God create Adam?

a.

God formed Adam out of the dust of the ground and breathed into him the breath of life.

2.

What did Adam do with the animals, and what did he realize when he did that?

a.

Adam named the pairs of animals, and he saw that he was alone.

3.

Whom did God create for Adam?

a.

God made Adam sleep, and from his rib God created Eve to be his wife.

4.

What was special about the creation of Adam and Eve?

a.

God created Adam and Eve perfect and in God’s image and likeness.

5.

Where did Adam and Eve live?

a.

Adam and Eve lived in the garden of Eden that God had planted for them.

6.

What did Adam do in the garden?

a.

Adam kept the garden and walked with God in the cool of the day.

7.

What two trees did God plant in the middle of the garden?

a.

God planted the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

8.

What did the tree of life teach Adam?

a.

That tree taught him that God was Adam’s life.

9.

What did the tree of the knowledge of good and evil teach Adam?

a.

That tree taught Adam that it is good to love and serve his creator.

10.

What did God tell Adam about eating of those trees?

a.

God said that Adam could eat of the tree of life, but he would surely die the day that he ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Memory Verse

“The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”—

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