Genesis Overview

Outline of the book

Part One (Chapters 1-11) Primeval History

• Creation, Fall, Flood, Tower of Babel
• Adam, Enoch, Noah

 

Part Two (Chapters 12-50) Patriarchal History

• Abraham & Sarah
• Isaac & Rebekah
• Jacob, Esau, and Jacob’s Twelve Sons
• Joseph

 

Themes of the book

• • God is Creator and Lawgiver.

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”
“You must not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil”

 

• • • God is merciful and just

“Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord”
“If you eat from it, you will certainly die”
“God made coverings for them”
“Her offspring will crush your head (the serpent)”

 

• • • God is gracious and faithful

“I will bless you and make your name great”
“But the Lord was with Joseph”
“You meant it for harm, God meant it for good”

 

• • • Humanity has consistently rebelled against our Maker

“She took it and ate and gave to her husband”
“Every inclination of the human heart was wicked”
“Let us make a name for ourselves”