Grade 2 | SCRIPTURE STUDY
WEEK 1 • STUDENT TEXTBOOK • DAYS 1–5
Read each passage aloud from the King James Version with a parent or teacher, then study the worked example. Answer the day’s questions in the Week 1 Practice Workbook.
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The KJV writes LORD for Yahuah, God for Elohim, Jesus for Yahusha, and Holy Ghost for Ruach HaQodesh. Scripture quotations are printed exactly as they appear in the King James Version.
Day 1: Formed from the Dust
Read aloud: Genesis 2:4-7 (KJV)
Genesis 2 gives a closer look at how Yahuah Elohim made the first man. The verse says Yahuah formed him of the dust of the ground.
First the man’s body was formed from the ground. Then Yahuah breathed the breath of life into him, and man became a living soul. The man’s life came from Yahuah.
Worked example, Genesis 2:6 (KJV): “But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.”
Question: What watered the ground?
- Read the verse slowly.
- Find the words that tell what watered the ground: there went up a mist.
Worked answer: A mist from the earth.
Day 2: A Garden to Keep
Read aloud: Genesis 2:8-15 (KJV)
Yahuah planted a garden in a place called Eden and put the man there. Trees grew in the garden, and a river watered it.
Yahuah gave the man work to do. In the KJV, to dress the garden means to work and care for it, and to keep it means to guard and watch over it. Yahuah gave the man this work in Genesis 2, before anything went wrong in the garden.
Worked example, Genesis 2:10 (KJV): “And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.”
Question: What went out of Eden to water the garden?
- Look for the word water in the verse.
- The verse says a river went out of Eden to water the garden.
Worked answer: A river.
Day 3: The First Command
Read aloud: Genesis 2:16-17 (KJV)
Yahuah gave the man a command. He could freely eat from every tree in the garden except one: the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Yahuah also told the man what would happen if he ate of that tree. The command was clear: many trees were freely given, and one was not.
Worked example, Genesis 2:16 (KJV): “And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:”
Question: From which trees could the man freely eat?
- Find the word freely in the verse.
- Read the words before it: Of every tree of the garden.
Worked answer: Of every tree of the garden.
Day 4: Not Good to Be Alone
Read aloud: Genesis 2:18-20 (KJV)
In Genesis 1, Yahuah saw that what He made was good. In Genesis 2:18, Yahuah said one thing was not good: that the man should be alone.
Yahuah brought the animals and birds to the man, and the man gave them names. But none of the animals was a help meet for him. In the KJV, an help meet means a helper fit for him, a partner like himself.
Worked example, Genesis 2:18 (KJV): “And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”
Question: What did the LORD God say was not good?
- Find the words not good in the verse.
- Read what comes next: that the man should be alone.
Worked answer: That the man should be alone.
Day 5: Independent Check: The First Woman
Read aloud: Genesis 2:21-25 (KJV)
Today you will read new verses and answer on your own.
Use what you practiced this week: read each verse carefully and find the exact words that answer the question.
Worked example, Genesis 2:15 (KJV): “And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”
Question: Where did the LORD God put the man?
- Find the place named in the verse.
- The verse says into the garden of Eden.
Worked answer: Into the garden of Eden.
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