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    GENESIS

    OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

    • 1

      • Creation of heavens and earth (1, 2)

      • Six days of preparing the earth (3-31)

        • Day 1: light; day and night (3-5)

        • Day 2: expanse (6-8)

        • Day 3: dry land and vegetation (9-13)

        • Day 4: heavenly luminaries (14-19)

        • Day 5: fish and birds (20-23)

        • Day 6: land animals and humans (24-31)

    • 2

      • God rests on the seventh day (1-3)

      • Jehovah God, Maker of heaven and earth (4)

      • Man and woman in the garden of Eden (5-25)

        • Man formed out of dust (7)

        • Forbidden tree of knowledge (15-17)

        • Creation of woman (18-25)

    • 3

      • Origin of man’s sin (1-13)

      • Jehovah’s judgment on the rebels (14-24)

        • Woman’s offspring foretold (15)

        • Expulsion from Eden (23, 24)

    • 4

      • Cain and Abel (1-16)

      • Cain’s descendants (17-24)

      • Seth and his son Enosh (25, 26)

    • 5

      • From Adam to Noah (1-32)

        • Adam fathered sons and daughters (4)

        • Enoch walked with God (21-24)

    • 6

      • Sons of God take wives on earth (1-3)

      • Nephilim born (4)

      • Mankind’s badness saddens Jehovah (5-8)

      • Noah commissioned to build an ark (9-16)

      • God proclaims the coming of the Flood (17-22)

    • 7

      • Entering the ark (1-10)

      • The global Flood (11-24)

    • 8

      • The floodwaters subside (1-14)

        • Dove sent out (8-12)

      • Leaving the ark (15-19)

      • God’s promise for the earth (20-22)

    • 9

      • Instructions for all mankind (1-7)

        • Law about blood (4-6)

      • Rainbow covenant (8-17)

      • Prophecies about Noah’s descendants (18-29)

    • 10

      • List of the nations (1-32)

        • Descendants of Japheth (2-5)

        • Descendants of Ham (6-20)

          • Nimrod opposes Jehovah (8-12)

        • Descendants of Shem (21-31)

    • 11

      • Tower of Babel (1-4)

      • Jehovah confuses the language (5-9)

      • From Shem to Abram (10-32)

        • Terah’s family (27)

        • Abram leaves Ur (31)

    • 12

      • Abram leaves Haran for Canaan (1-9)

        • God’s promise to Abram (7)

      • Abram and Sarai in Egypt (10-20)

    • 13

      • Abram returns to Canaan (1-4)

      • Abram and Lot separate (5-13)

      • God’s promise to Abram repeated (14-18)

    • 14

      • Abram rescues Lot (1-16)

      • Melchizedek blesses Abram (17-24)

    • 15

      • God’s covenant with Abram (1-21)

        • The 400 years of affliction foretold (13)

        • God’s promise to Abram repeated (18-21)

    • 16

      • Hagar and Ishmael (1-16)

    • 17

      • Abraham to become a father of many nations (1-8)

        • Abram renamed Abraham (5)

      • Covenant of circumcision (9-14)

      • Sarai renamed Sarah (15-17)

      • Son Isaac promised (18-27)

    • 18

      • Three angels visit Abraham (1-8)

      • A son promised to Sarah; she laughs (9-15)

      • Abraham pleads for Sodom (16-33)

    • 19

      • Lot visited by angels (1-11)

      • Lot and his family urged to leave (12-22)

      • Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed (23-29)

        • Lot’s wife becomes a pillar of salt (26)

      • Lot and his daughters (30-38)

    • 20

      • Sarah rescued from Abimelech (1-18)

    • 21

      • Birth of Isaac (1-7)

      • Ishmael mocks Isaac (8, 9)

      • Hagar and Ishmael sent away (10-21)

      • Abraham’s covenant with Abimelech (22-34)

    • 22

      • Abraham told to offer up Isaac (1-19)

        • Blessing because of Abraham’s offspring (15-18)

      • Rebekah’s family (20-24)

    • 23

      • Sarah’s death and burial place (1-20)

    • 24

      • Seeking a wife for Isaac (1-58)

      • Rebekah goes to meet Isaac (59-67)

    • 25

      • Abraham remarries (1-6)

      • Abraham’s death (7-11)

      • Ishmael’s sons (12-18)

      • Birth of Jacob and Esau (19-26)

      • Esau sells his birthright (27-34)

    • 26

      • Isaac and Rebekah in Gerar (1-11)

        • God’s promise confirmed to Isaac (3-5)

      • Conflict over wells (12-25)

      • Isaac’s covenant with Abimelech (26-33)

      • Esau’s two Hittite wives (34, 35)

    • 27

      • Jacob gets Isaac’s blessing (1-29)

      • Esau seeks blessing but is unrepentant (30-40)

      • Esau’s animosity toward Jacob (41-46)

    • 28

      • Isaac sends Jacob to Paddan-aram (1-9)

      • Jacob’s dream at Bethel (10-22)

        • God’s promise confirmed to Jacob (13-15)

    • 29

      • Jacob meets Rachel (1-14)

      • Jacob falls in love with Rachel (15-20)

      • Jacob marries Leah and Rachel (21-29)

      • Jacob’s four sons by Leah: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah (30-35)

    • 30

      • Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali (1-8)

      • Zilpah bears Gad and Asher (9-13)

      • Leah bears Issachar and Zebulun (14-21)

      • Rachel bears Joseph (22-24)

      • Jacob’s flocks increase (25-43)

    • 31

      • Jacob secretly departs for Canaan (1-18)

      • Laban overtakes Jacob (19-35)

      • Jacob’s covenant with Laban (36-55)

    • 32

      • Angels meet Jacob (1, 2)

      • Jacob prepares to meet Esau (3-23)

      • Jacob wrestles with an angel (24-32)

        • Jacob renamed Israel (28)

    • 33

      • Jacob meets Esau (1-16)

      • Jacob journeys to Shechem (17-20)

    • 34

      • Dinah raped (1-12)

      • Jacob’s sons act deceitfully (13-31)

    • 35

      • Jacob gets rid of foreign gods (1-4)

      • Jacob returns to Bethel (5-15)

      • Benjamin’s birth; Rachel’s death (16-20)

      • Israel’s 12 sons (21-26)

      • Isaac’s death (27-29)

    • 36

      • Esau’s descendants (1-30)

      • Edom’s kings and sheikhs (31-43)

    • 37

      • Joseph’s dreams (1-11)

      • Joseph and his jealous brothers (12-24)

      • Joseph sold into slavery (25-36)

    • 38

      • Judah and Tamar (1-30)

    • 39

      • Joseph in Potiphar’s house (1-6)

      • Joseph resists Potiphar’s wife (7-20)

      • Joseph in prison (21-23)

    • 40

      • Joseph interprets prisoners’ dreams (1-19)

        • “Interpretations belong to God” (8)

      • Pharaoh’s birthday feast (20-23)

    • 41

      • Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams (1-36)

      • Joseph exalted by Pharaoh (37-46a)

      • Joseph’s food administration (46b-57)

    • 42

      • Joseph’s brothers go to Egypt (1-4)

      • Joseph meets his brothers and tests them (5-25)

      • The brothers return home to Jacob (26-38)

    • 43

      • Joseph’s brothers’ second trip to Egypt; with Benjamin (1-14)

      • Joseph meets again with his brothers (15-23)

      • Joseph’s banquet with his brothers (24-34)

    • 44

      • Joseph’s silver cup in Benjamin’s bag (1-17)

      • Judah pleads for Benjamin (18-34)

    • 45

      • Joseph reveals his identity (1-15)

      • Joseph’s brothers return for Jacob (16-28)

    • 46

      • Jacob and his household move to Egypt (1-7)

      • Names of those moving to Egypt (8-27)

      • Joseph meets Jacob at Goshen (28-34)

    • 47

      • Jacob meets Pharaoh (1-12)

      • Joseph’s wise administration (13-26)

      • Israel settles in Goshen (27-31)

    • 48

      • Jacob blesses Joseph’s two sons (1-12)

      • Ephraim gets greater blessing (13-22)

    • 49

      • Jacob’s deathbed prophecy (1-28)

        • Shiloh to come out of Judah (10)

      • Jacob’s burial instructions (29-32)

      • Jacob’s death (33)

    • 50

      • Joseph buries Jacob in Canaan (1-14)

      • Joseph confirms his forgiveness (15-21)

      • Joseph’s final days and death (22-26)

        • Joseph’s command about his bones (25)