Getting To Know God

Genesis 2

25)  On the seventh day, God rested from all his work.  (He rests!)

26)  God sent rain on the earth for the fields.

27)  God formed man from the dust of the ground.  He breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life. 

28)  God planted a garden in the east, in Eden, and he put the man in the garden.

29)  God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground.  In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  (Why did God put them there?  He knew how weak man is.  Maybe everything has worked according to his plan!)

30)  A river watering the garden flowed from Eden.

31)  God thought of everything!

32)  In the land of Havilah, there was gold.  Resin and onyx were also there.  (Why did God create them?  He must have had a reason.)

33)  God put man in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.  (We are to care for the things entrusted to us!)

34)  God warned the man not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when he eats of it he will surely die.  (Clear instructions!)

35)  God tells the truth!

36)  God saw the need of man to not be alone, so he made a helper suitable for man.

37)  God cares about us!

38)  God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air.

39)  God brought the animals and the birds to the man to see what he would name them.  (That was a huge job!)

40)  God saw that for Adam, no suitable helper was found from the animals and birds that he named.

41)  God put Adam to sleep and took one of the man’s ribs.  He closed up the place with flesh.  Then God made a woman from the rib and brought her to the man.  (Amazing!)

**More names of God:

c)  the Lord  (Genesis 2:4)