Come, Follow Me
Old Testament Lesson 2:
January 3–9
Even if you have read about the Creation before, there is always more to learn from the scriptures. Pray for guidance from the Holy Ghost to help you find new understanding.
Genesis 1: God creates this earth and its heaven and all forms of life in six days—The creative acts of each day are described—God creates man, both male and female, in His own image—Man is given dominion over all things and is commanded to multiply and fill the earth.
Genesis 2: The Creation is completed—God rests on the seventh day—The prior spirit creation is explained—Adam and Eve are placed in the Garden of Eden—They are forbidden to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil—Adam names every living creature—Adam and Eve are married by the Lord.
Moses 2: God creates the heavens and the earth—All forms of life are created—God makes man and gives him dominion over all else.
Moses 3: God created all things spiritually before they were naturally upon the earth—He created man, the first flesh, upon the earth—Woman is a help meet for man.
Abraham 4: The Gods plan the creation of the earth and all life thereon—Their plans for the six days of creation are set forth.
Abraham 5: The Gods finish Their planning of the creation of all things—They bring to pass the Creation according to Their plans—Adam names every living creature.
Resources on ChurchofJesusChrist.org
Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
Come, Follow Me—For Sunday School (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
Come, Follow Me—For Aaronic Priesthood Quorums and Young Women Classes (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
Come, Follow Me—For Primary (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
“My Heavenly Father Loves Me,” Children’s Songbook, 228–29.
Additional Material on ChurchofJesusChrist.org
Chapter 02: Jesus Makes the Earth
- Old Testament Seminary Student Material: Lesson 10: Moses 2 (Genesis 1; Abraham 4)
- Old Testament Seminary Student Material: Lesson 11: Moses 3 (Genesis 2; Abraham 5)
- Old Testament Study Guide for Home-Study Seminary Students: Unit 2: Day 2, Moses 2 (Genesis 1; Abraham 4)
- Old Testament Study Guide for Home-Study Seminary Students: Unit 2: Day 3, Moses 3 (Genesis 2; Abraham 5)
- Old Testament Institute Student Manual Genesis-2 Samuel: Genesis 1–2: The Creation
- The Pearl of Great Price Institute Student Manual: Moses 2:1–31
- The Pearl of Great Price Institute Student Manual: Moses 3:1–25
- The Pearl of Great Price Institute Student Manual: Facsimiles 2–3; Abraham 4–5
Resources on Interpreter Foundation
Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 2: Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5, Jonn Claybaugh
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Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Old Testament Lesson 2 (Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5)
- Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Old Testament Lesson 2 (Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5)
Additional Posts & Roundtables on the Interpreter Foundation Website
- Book of Moses Bibliography, Interpreter Foundation
- Book of Moses Essays, Book of Mormon Central Staff, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, and others, July 12, 1905
- Introduction to the Book of Moses, Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, May 2, 2020
- Book of Moses FAQ, Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, May 9, 2020
- Essay #58: Moses Sees the Garden of Eden (Moses 3): The Symbolism of the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life (Moses 3:9), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, June 5, 2021
- Essay #57: Moses Sees the Garden of Eden (Moses 3): God Instructs Adam and Eve (Moses 3:15–17), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, May 29, 2021
- Essay #56: Moses Sees the Garden of Eden (Moses 3): The Naming of Animals, Angels, Adam, and Eve (Moses 3:8–15), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, May 22, 2021
- Essay #55: Moses Sees the Garden of Eden (Moses 3): The Garden of Eden as a Model for the Temple in Israel and Old Babylon (Moses 3:8–15), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, May 15, 2021
- Essay #54: Moses Sees the Garden of Eden (Moses 3): Spiritual Creation (Moses 3:5–7), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, May 8, 2021
- Essay #53: Moses Sees the Garden of Eden (Moses 3): Is the transition between Moses 2 and 3 a clumsy stitch or a skillful shift? (Moses 3:4–5), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, May 1, 2021
- Essay #52: Moses Sees the Garden of Eden (Moses 3): The Seventh Day (Moses 3:1–3), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, April 24, 2021
- Essay #51: Moses Witnesses the Creation (Moses 2): Science and the Creation of Man (Moses 2:26–27), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, April 17, 2021
- Essay #50: Moses Witnesses the Creation (Moses 2): “Male and Female Created I Them” (Moses 2:27), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, April 10, 2021
- Essay #49: Let Us Make Man in Our Image, After Our Likeness (Moses 2:26), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, April 3, 2021
- Essay #48: Moses Witnesses the Creation (Moses 2): “This I Did By the Word of My Power” (Moses 2:5), Book of Mormon Central Staff, Matthew L. Bowen, and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, March 28, 2021
- Essay #47: Moses Witnesses the Creation (Moses 2): The Creation of Light and the Heavenly Host (Moses 2:3-5), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, March 20, 2021
- Essay #46: Moses Witnesses the Creation (Moses 2): The Days of Creation and Temple Architecture (Moses 2:1-27), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, March 13, 2021
- KnoWhy OTL03B — Did Moses Write the Book of Genesis?, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, January 11, 2018
- The Scale of Creation in Space and Time, Administration, November 16, 2019
- Frequently Asked Questions about Science and Genesis, Administration, November 9, 2019
- Science and Genesis: A Personal View, Administration, November 2, 2019
- David Calabro on “Joseph Smith and the Architecture of Genesis”, Administration, May 4, 2015
- Jeffrey M. Bradshaw on “Science and Genesis: A Personal View”, Administration, November 14, 2014
- KnoWhy OTL03A — What Can the Architecture of Israelite Temples Teach Us About Creation and the Garden of Eden?, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, January 8, 2018
- Enoch, the Book of Moses, and the Book of Giants, S. Kent Brown, May 17, 2021
- In God’s Image and Likeness 2 — Preface and Introduction, Administration, March 2, 2020
- Science and Genesis: A Personal View, Administration, November 2, 2019
- Raising the Abrahamic Discourse: An Essay on the Nature of Dialogues About the Book of Abraham, Kerry Muhlestein, August 25, 2020
- Scholarly Support for the Book of Abraham, Administration, August 25, 2020
- The Book of Abraham with Robin Scott Jensen, LDS Perspectives, October 7, 2018
- John Gee’s “Introduction to the Book of Abraham”: A Lifetime of Book of Abraham Scholarship Distilled into a Valuable Book for a Broad Audience, Jeff Lindsay, October 10, 2017
- Book Review: An Introduction to the Book of Abraham, Stephen O. Smoot, September 29, 2017
- Stephen Smoot on “The Book of the Dead as a Temple Text and Its Implications for the Book of Abraham”, Administration, May 11, 2015
- "By His Own Hand, Upon Papyrus": Another Look, Stephen O. Smoot, October 14, 2013
- Iconotropy and the JS Abraham Facsimiles, William J. Hamblin, April 7, 2013
Articles in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
- The Status of Women in Old Testament Marriage, Noel B. Reynolds, March 23, 2018
- A Modern Translation of Genesis 1–11 in the Traditional Sense, Dominic Kent, September 29, 2017
- Lehi’s Dream and the Garden of Eden, David M. Calabro, August 25, 2017
- The Scale of Creation in Space and Time, John S. Lewis, November 27, 2013
- An Early Christian Context for the Book of Moses, David M. Calabro, September 20, 2021
- Mormon, Moses, and the Representation of Reality, Richard L. Bushman, August 16, 2021
- Adam, Eve, the Book of Moses, and the Temple: The Story of Receiving Christ’s Atonement, Bruce C. Hafen and Marie K. Hafen, July 19, 2021
- Scriptures through the Jeweler’s Lens, Mark J. Johnson, February 28, 2020
- The Brass Plates Version of Genesis, Noel B. Reynolds, October 15, 2019
- Sorting Out the Sources in Scripture, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, April 4, 2014
- Framing the Book of Abraham: Presumptions and Paradigms, Stephen O. Smoot, September 24, 2021
- Fantasy and Reality in the Translation of the Book of Abraham, John Gee, January 29, 2021
- Prolegomena to a Study of the Egyptian Alphabet Documents in the Joseph Smith Papers, John Gee, January 22, 2021
- “We May Not Understand Our Words”: The Book of Abraham and the Concept of Translation in The Pearl of Greatest Price, John S. Thompson, October 13, 2020
- Scriptures through the Jeweler’s Lens, Mark J. Johnson, February 28, 2020
- The Joseph Smith Papers Project Stumbles, John Gee, August 23, 2019
- A Precious Resource with Some Gaps, Jeff Lindsay, July 19, 2019
- Pressing Forward with the Book of Abraham, Stephen O. Smoot, April 20, 2018
- Assessing the Joseph Smith Papyri: An Introduction to the Historiography of their Acquisitions, Translations, and Interpretations, Kerry Muhlestein, September 23, 2016
- Shulem, One of the King’s Principal Waiters, John Gee, April 29, 2016
- Mormonism and the Scientific Persistence of Circles: Aristotle, Spacetime, and One Eternal Round, Elizabeth Nielson, April 15, 2016
- One Day to a Cubit, Hollis R. Johnson, February 15, 2013
Resources on Other Sites
- Come, Follow Me Week 2 – Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5, FAIR
- Book & Chapter Guide: Genesis 1, Bible Central
- Book & Chapter Guide: Genesis 2, Bible Central
- Old Testament Minute: Genesis: Moses 2; Genesis 1, by Jeff Bradshaw, Bible Central
- Old Testament Minute: Genesis: Moses 3; Genesis 2, by Jeff Bradshaw, Bible Central
- Jan 3–Jan 9 (Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5) Come Follow Me Insights with Taylor and Tyler, Book of Mormon Central
- Come, Follow Me Week 2, Part 1/7 (Jan 3 – Jan 9, Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5), Book of Mormon Central
- Come, Follow Me Week 2, Part 2/7 (Jan 3 – Jan 9, Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5), Book of Mormon Central
- Come, Follow Me Week 2, Part 3/7 (Jan 3 – Jan 9, Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5), Book of Mormon Central
- Come, Follow Me Week 2, Part 4/7 (Jan 3 – Jan 9, Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5), Book of Mormon Central
- Come, Follow Me Week 2, Part 5/7 (Jan 3 – Jan 9, Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5), Book of Mormon Central
- Come, Follow Me Week 2, Part 6/7 (Jan 3 – Jan 9, Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5), Book of Mormon Central
- Come, Follow Me Week 2, Part 7/7 (Jan 3 – Jan 9, Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5), Book of Mormon Central
- Come Follow Me Old Testament Genesis 1-2; Moses 2-3; Abraham 4-5 (Jan. 3-9) Don’t Miss This, Don’t Miss This
- Come Follow Me – Genesis 1-2; Moses 2-3; Abraham 4-5: “In the Beginning”, Unshaken
- The Lord Begins with “Let there be Light” – Come Follow Me Old Testament Podcast #2, Genesis 1,2; Moses 2,3; Abraham 4,5, Meridian Magazine
- January 3–9, 2022 Come, Follow Me Songs, Music for Latter-day Life
- Genesis 1-2; Moses 2-3; Abraham 4-5 – “In the Beginning God Created the Heaven and the Earth”, BYU Studies
BYU Religious Education Old Testament Roundtables
BYU Studies Recommended Reading
- Ex Nihilo: The Development of the Doctrines of God and Creation in Early Christianity, Keith E. Norman, BYU Studies, Vol. 17, no. 3
- The Latter-day Saint Reimaging of “the Breath of Life” (Genesis 2:7), Dana M. Pike, BYU Studies, Vol. 56, no. 2 ($1.29; free to subscribers)
- The Creation: An Introduction to Our Relationship to God, Michael A. Goodman, Religious Educator
