Summary – "Genesis" means "beginning". As its title implies, it is the foundation of the Bible, on which everything is built. The book tells of the Creation followed by the rebellion of our first parents. It then records the growth of wickedness in the earth followed by the flood in which the only human survivors were Noah and his family. Another rebellion against God’s commands is stopped by the introduction of different languages. The rest of the book is the early history of the Jewish nation (also called the Israelites or the children of Israel.) This mainly concerns four outstanding men – Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.
| Passage | Subject |
| Chapters 1 & 2 | Creation |
| Chapter 3 | Rebellion of Adam & Eve |
| Chapter 4 | The First murder |
| Chapter 5 | The descendents of Adam |
| Chapters 6 to 9 | Noah and the Flood |
| Chapter 10 | Descendants of Noah |
| Chapter 11 | Introduction of different languages |
| Passage | Subject |
| Chapters 12 to 18 | Abraham’s faith and wandering |
| Chapter 19 | Destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah |
| Chapter 20 | Abraham’s lapse in faith |
| Chapter 21 | The Birth of Isaac |
| Chapter 22 | Abraham’s faith confirmed |
| Chapter 23 | The death of Sarah, Abraham’s wife |
| Chapter 24 | Finding a wife for Isaac |
| Chapter 25 | The Birth of Jacob and Esau |
| Chapter 26 | Isaac and Abimelech |
| Ch. 27 v 1 to 28 v 4 | Isaac blesses Jacob |
| Chapter 28 | Jacob flees from Esau |
| Ch. 29 v 1 to 30 v 24 | Jacob marries Leah and Rachel |
| Ch. 30 v 25 to 31 v 55 | Jacob and Laban |
| Chapters 32 & 33 | Jacob and Esau meet |
| Chapter 34 | The Dina incident |
| Chapter 35 | Jacob Returns to Bethel |
| Chapter 36 | Esau’s descendents |
| Ch. 37 v 1 to 11 | Joseph dreams of greatness |
| Ch. 37 v 12 to 36 | Joseph sold by his brothers |
| Chapter 38 | Judah and Tamar |
| Chapters 39 to 45 | Joseph in Egypt |
| Ch. 46 v 1 to 49 v 28 | Jacob and his other sons go to Egypt |
| Ch. 49 v 29 to 50 v 26 | Death of Jacob and Joseph |
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