January 1st and January 2nd

January 1st -- Gensis 1:1- 2:3  (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201:1-2:3&version=NLT)

So, well, this is the basic Creation story.
Day 1 = Light
Day 2 = Sky (He separated the waters of earth from the waters of the heavens)
Day 3 = Land (He made the water on earth come together so land would appear) and plants
Day 4 = The sun, the moon, and the stars
Day 5 = Birds and Fish
Day 6 = Animals of the land and then humans
Day 7 = He rested

Now, really I don't know what can be said other than the basics except for that really, when you think about how incredible this earth is, it gives you a slight glimpse at how incredible God is. My study Bible has some little facts that just made me really think there is no way we can understand how incredible God is. Here they are summed up: The galaxy we live in spins at a speed of 490,000 miles per hour. Even at that speed, it takes 200 million years for a rotation. Then there are over a billion other galaxies just like ours out there. Then, scientists say that the number of stars is equal to the number of grains of sand (Which I also find neat as in the Bible Abraham is promised in Genesis 22:17 that his descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, or the grains of sand on the seashore, which suggests that those numbers are the same thereabouts, so even in that, science is pointing back to God) and yet function in such an orderly way. It's quite incredible. Then we remember that this was all merely spoken into existence by God. It really gives you a sense of wonder about Him.

January 2nd -- Genesis 2:15-3:24 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%202:15-3:24&version=NLT)

This is basically the story of Adam and Eve eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and therefore having to be banished from the Garden of Eden.

Really, there isn't too much that stands out a lot to me in this part. I do notice that it says women were created to be a suitable helper to man. To me that someone makes it sound as if we are both lesser and equal. I'm not sure how that might work, though....
Another part that I find interesting was that in verse 12, Adam's answer to why he ate the fruit is merely that his wife told him to. THE FIRST THING HE DOES IS BLAME HIS WIFE. This is just a totally random thought, but perhaps it is partially due to that - the looking down upon woman and blaming the fall on her - that women took so long to be seen as equals who deserve proper respect.
I also notice that God does not punish Adam and Eve the same for the same wrong. Both are punished separately in different ways.

That's all I can currently think of on those matters.
God bless! :)