There is no deadline
Follow the readings in order, spend several days on one passage, or return whenever you're ready. Each session includes a question to consider. Where an immersive experience is available, you may explore it after reading the passage.
Open your Bible or use a translation available in a chapter experience. Let Scripture speak first.
Consider the setting, translations, historical context, and available VR or web scenes.
Record a question, observation, or practical application. There's no required pace.
Genesis 1–11: The beginnings
Twelve flexible study sessions following Creation, Eden, the first families, Noah, and Babel. They're reading prompts, not a claim that every immersive chapter is finished.
- 01Genesis 1:1–2:3
The beginning
What does the passage say about God, creation, and the goodness of what is made?
Study suggestion
Start with the text. Notice the repeated patterns before considering a visual reconstruction.
- 02Genesis 2:4–25
Life in the garden
What responsibilities and relationships are described for the man and woman?
Study suggestion
Observe what Genesis 2 states before drawing conclusions about what is not said.
- 03Genesis 3:1–24
The fall
What changes after the disobedience, and how does God address each person?
Study suggestion
Distinguish the words of the text from later interpretations.
- 04Genesis 4:1–16
Cain and Abel
What warning does God give Cain, and how does Cain respond?
Study suggestion
Consider accountability, violence, judgment, and mercy.
- 05Genesis 4:17–5:32
Families and generations
What contrasts do you notice between the genealogies and the lives described?
Study suggestion
Watch for recurring names and avoid assuming people with the same name are identical.
- 06Genesis 6:1–22
Noah and a troubled world
What does the passage explicitly say about human violence, Noah, and God’s instructions?
Study suggestion
Keep interpretations of the “sons of God” and Nephilim separate from the text.
- 07Genesis 7:1–24
The flood begins
Which details does the narrator emphasize as the waters rise?
Study suggestion
Take note of sequence, repeated language, and the people and animals involved.
- 08Genesis 8:1–22
Waters recede
What does Noah do when he leaves the ark, and what does God say?
Study suggestion
Explore the theme of remembrance and the return to land.
- 09Genesis 9:1–29
Covenant and responsibility
What commitments and commands are stated in God’s covenant with Noah?
Study suggestion
Separate the covenant itself from later narrative events in the chapter.
- 10Genesis 10:1–32
The nations
What is the purpose of tracing peoples, families, and lands?
Study suggestion
Use historical geography carefully; not every identification is certain.
- 11Genesis 11:1–32
Babel and Abram’s family
What do you notice about human ambition, language, and the transition to Abram?
Study suggestion
Consider how the account prepares for the next stage of Genesis.
- 12Genesis 1–11 (review)
Pause and reflect
Which questions changed as you read more carefully? What would you like to investigate further?
Study suggestion
Revisit your notes and identify what is Scripture, interpretation, evidence, or open question.
Want to step inside the text? The Genesis Day One immersive experience is available. Other scenes and study resources are being developed as I continue my own reading. The Bible passage always comes before the reconstruction.
Keep a study note
What surprised you? Which verse raised a question? What evidence or interpretation would you like to investigate?
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Where the journey leads
My long-term goal is to continue through Scripture, book by book. I am not publishing a fixed 365-day schedule or presenting unfinished chapters as completed.
From Abram onward: covenant, families, faith, conflict, and the stories that lead to Joseph.
Exodus and the rest of the Old and New Testaments will be added to the journey as I study and develop the accompanying experiences.
A note on interpretation: Scripture, study reflections, scholarly evidence, and artistic reconstruction are different things. I aim to keep those distinctions clear and welcome thoughtful corrections as I learn.
Join me at the beginning.
Bring your Bible, your questions, and your curiosity. Read at your own pace, and explore what interests you.