How does Genesis tell the creation, fall, and flood?

• Creation (Genesis 1–2): Genesis 1 describes God creating the world in six days, forming light, sky, land, vegetation, celestial bodies, animals, and finally humans (male and female) in God's image, resting on the seventh day. Genesis 2 offers a more detailed account of the creation of the first man, Adam, the Garden of Eden, and the creation of woman, Eve, from Adam’s rib.

• The Fall (Genesis 3): The narrative recounts how Adam and Eve disobey God by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil after being tempted by the serpent. This act brings sin and death into the world, resulting in their expulsion from Eden and the introduction of human suffering and toil.

• The Flood (Genesis 6–9): Due to widespread human wickedness, God decides to cleanse the earth with a great flood. Noah, described as righteous, is instructed to build an ark to save his family and pairs of animals. After the floodwaters recede, God establishes a covenant with Noah, symbolized by a rainbow, promising never to destroy the earth by flood again.

These stories set the stage for themes of creation, human failure, judgment, and divine mercy that run throughout the Bible.