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Genesis 2 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: God Rests and Makes a Garden Home

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolGod Made a Garden

treefruitpersonflower

Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenGod Gave a Garden

TREE → picture 3FRUIT → picture 1MAN → picture 4FLOWER → picture 2

Grade 1Adam and Eve in Eden

Day 7: God rested → picture 2Adam made from dust → picture 4Trees in the garden → picture 1Adam and Eve together → picture 3

Order:

1. Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground2. Yahweh God planted a garden eastward3. Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field4. Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man

Grade 2God Made Adam and Eve

  1. What did God do on the seventh day? He rested (and made the day holy).
  2. What did God use to make the man? Dust from the ground
  3. What was the name of the garden? Eden
  4. What job did God give Adam in the garden? To take care of it (to work it and keep it)
  5. Why did God make the woman? It was not good for Adam to be alone; she would be his helper and partner.

Grade 3A Home in Eden

  1. What did God breathe into the man? The breath of life
  2. Name the two special trees in the middle of the garden. The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
  3. Which tree did God tell Adam not to eat from? The tree of the knowledge of good and evil
  4. What did Adam do when God brought the animals to him? He named them.
  5. How did God make the woman? He took part of Adam's side while Adam slept and made her from it.
1: Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground2: Yahweh God planted a garden eastward3: Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field4: Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man

Grade 4Made by God, Made for Each Other

  1. Why did God rest on the seventh day? His work of creation was finished (complete); He blessed the day and made it holy.
  2. How did the man become a living being? God formed him from dust and breathed the breath of life into him.
  3. What work did God give Adam in Eden? To work the garden and take care of it, and to name the animals
  4. What one command did God give Adam? Not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil

Word bank: 1. rest; 2. God; 3. man; 4. Garden; 5. tree

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5The Breath of Life and the Gift of Rest

  1. What does God's rest on the seventh day show? His work of creation was complete; He blessed the day and made it holy.
  2. What two truths do we learn from God forming man from dust and breathing life into him? We are humble creatures made from the earth, and our life is a gift from God.
  3. Was work part of God's good plan before sin? Explain. Yes. God put Adam in the garden to work it and keep it before sin entered the world.
  4. What was the one command God gave Adam? Not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
  5. What was the first thing in creation God called not good? That the man was alone

Word bank: 1. God; 2. rest; 3. man; 4. Adam; 5. tree

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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