Sneak Peek into Day 1 of Bible 101: Genesis is a story—the story—of beginnings. STEP 1: Read Genesis 1:1–2:4 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. STEP 2: Explore Who wrote the book of Genesis? Moses is traditionally considered the author of Genesis. But for over two centuries, one of the most contested questions in biblical scholarship has been