day 1
created light and separated it from darkness.
day 2
separates water from sky: morning and evening.
day 3
seas made from water gathering under the sky. dry ground turns into land: “let the land form vegetation.”
day 4
2 lights to govern the morning and evening + moon and stars.
day 5
creatures of the sea and sky.
day 6
mankind + land animals.
day 7
rest.
KEY DOCTRINE: creation ex nihilo
the idea that God and his omnipotence has created the entire universe out of nothing.