Project 4:4 Day 1 Genesis 1-3

OK so after reading my very first day I have just realized how much longer this will probably make my blogs so I hope you enjoy what I have to say. Also I missed yesterdays blog cause I wasn't home all day but now I'm back and we have started the new year and thus the Bible in a year. So basically I guess I'll talk about what stuck out to me and comments are more encouraged on these blogs so we can discuss this all.
So the first thing I really noticed, and I don't know how late I am on all this was how in verse 2 of Genesis 1 it says the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. So two things out of this, 1. Water is already there and 2. This isn't God this is His spirit so we have already heard of Him in two forms. The second thing to really point out is the first day He does not create the Sun, Moon and stars. He simply separates the light and darkness. Then there was evening and morning the first day. Notice that this is backwards from how we would say it.
So second day God creates an expanse to separate the water from the water and He calls this expanse sky. What I'm not sure I understand is separating the water from the water. He says there is water above and below the expanse (sky) so what is above? I have no clue, evening and morning, the second day.
So third day He takes the water (which was already there) and pulls it all to a certain space and calls that seas and then puts land where there isn't water. Then He puts plants and trees on the land that will produce seed according to their kind and there was evening and morning the third day.
Day four He creates the Sun, Moon and stars to help separate the day and night because the separation of light and darkness didn't do this even though we do know the difference between evening and morning at this point already. There was evening and morning the fourth day.
Cinco, God makes birds to fill the expanse of sky and fish and such to fill the waters and He commands them to reproduce and make more so that the sky and water are filled. Evening and morning the fifth day.
Day six, this is the last day of creating and God does a lot more this day, He makes the livestock and creatures of the land and then says OK we shall make man in OUR image. It was the our that jumped at me, I assume He is speaking of Himself, the Son, and the Spirit. Then He blesses us and tells us to rein over the earth and subdue it and multiply and gives us all the food and trees and plants and also gives it as food to the livestock. Now the earth and heavens are completed. Evening and morning the sixth day.
Weekend baby, so on the seventh day God rest and He sets this day apart as Holy and we no longer bother to say evening and morning for creation is done and earth is functioning.
OK so we are now done with creation and we are only at chapter 2 verse 4 so sorry this is going so long but I promise every day will not be like this and I hope you are getting some worthwhile insights.
Now God has planted a garden to the east in Eden, here we hear about the river that runs through it and splits into 4 different rivers, including the Tigris so we are now in Mesopotamia, my social studies could be bad but I'm pretty sure that is where archeologist have found the earliest roots of civilization. And He places the man there to work the ground and places in the middle the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil and He commands Adam not to eat of this tree for when he does he will surely die.
God decides that Adam needs a helper so He brings all the livestock (creatures of land) and birds (sky) to him and tells him to name them all. Notice we don't bother with fish. And after a suitable partner cannot be found for Adam God decides to make a woman and puts Adam into a deep sleep, removes one of his ribs and makes a woman out of it. This made me wonder if Adam just lost a rib or if man originally would've had one more rib than we do now until women came along...hmmm. So God says that there will be a time when a man will leave his father and mother to be with a woman and they will become one flesh and they were both naked and felt no shame for they knew not of good and evil.
Next women gets tempted by the snake (thanks woman) and really the snake is telling the truth here even if he is bad. He says that you will become like God knowing good and evil and you will not surely die which we can tell is true because she doesn't die and they now know that they are naked. After making some clothes (I hope the wife sowed them) they hear God walking in the garden (how cool is that, God is walking in the garden with them) although there has been some thought about that being Jesus since no one can actually see God and live. So God finds them and ask them how they know they are naked (kinda interesting that He should have to ask if this is God but if its Jesus it makes sense that He wouldn't know yet, no?) and they blame the serpent and God curses the serpent above all livestock which is why no one likes snakes. So women get pain in childbirth and there desire is now for her husband and he will rule over her. (guess that explains why girls are crazy for guys) And man now has to work and toil for his food instead of it being provided for him. Then God makes them clothes from skin (I'm guessing animal) and sends them out of the garden so that they cannot eat of the tree of life and become immortal. I find it interesting that He didn't tell them not to eat of it in the first place but maybe if Adam and Eve never eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil they would've been welcome to live forever and just never got around to it.

Alright that is day 1 people thanks for bearing with me, I promise the rest of them will be shorter but I think it was a good way to start off.