Read the following scriptural passages and write down how each of these writers referenced Genesis 1-11:
 Matt. 19:4, 5
 Mark 10:6-9
 Luke 11:50, 51
 John 1:1-3
 Acts 14:15
 Rom. 1:20
 2 Cor. 4:6
 Eph. 3:9
 1 Tim. 2:12-15
 James 3:9
 1 Pet. 3:20
 Jude 11, 14
 Rev. 2:7; 3:14; 22:2, 3
 Jesus and all of the New Testament writers refer to Genesis 1-11 as reliable history. Jesus refers to the writings of Moses and the creation of male and female (Matt. 19:4). Paul repeatedly uses the creation account to substantiate the theological points that he makes in his epistles. He declared to the learned men of Athens, “The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands” (Acts 17:24, NASB). In these ways, the New Testament writers built on the foundational nature of Genesis to show the modern reader the significance of this literal event.
 Read, for instance, Romans 5. More than half a dozen times, Paul makes a direct link from Adam to Jesus (See Romans 5:12, 14-19). That is, he assumes the literal existence of an historical Adam, a position that becomes fatally compromised when an evolutionary model of origins replaces a literal reading of the texts.