Question: Matching & Describing

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The Creation of the World (vgl. Gen 1-2,3)

Everything that is comes from God. Fill in the blanks in the text boxes with the words listed below. Then match each box with the corresponding picture.

On the first day God made the earth. At first

everything was dark. That's why God created
light. But God didn't want it to always be light.
That's why he also created darkness. He called
the light ................................ and the darkness
................................ . The first day was over.

On the second day, God made the sky. For this

he divided the ............................... of which the earth
was made. And so there was a great arch. He
called the arch "sky". The second day was over.

On the third day, God took the rest of the

water on the earth and gathered it into the
............................... . He called the dry places that
were newly formed ............................... . He also
made plants and fruit trees with seeds on the
same day. The third day was over.

On the fourth day God made the sun, moon and

stars
............................... . They were to shine above the
earth and show man whether it was day or
night. Also the fourth day was now over.

On the fifth day God made the ...............................

and the ............................... . They should fly in the
sky and should swim in the sea. So that there
would always be life on earth, God said to
them, "Be fruitful and multiply". The fifth day
was now over.

On the sixth day God made ............................... of

all kinds: horses, cows, spiders, beetles, lions,
elephants and all the rest. Then he said, "Let us
make ............................... in our image, after our
likeness!" And so he created women and men.
Let them take care of all the animals and
plants that God created and populate the
earth. The sixth day was over.

On the seventh day the earth was finally

ready. God was exhausted after creating
everything and rested. Therefore, we too
should rest every ............................... , on the "Day
of the Lord", and rejoice consciously in God's
creation. One week was now over.

Words for the cloze:

fish, man, land, waters, animals, sea, sunday, birds, night, day, stars

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