Genesis
Bible books contents
Outline
natural division
FAQ
The very first book
of the
Bible, and one of the
most attacked! A look at its authenticity is to be found in
the
section dealing with the
Pentateuch as
a whole. The name Genesis means ' beginnings' , and
this
book deals with them. It is referred to
as the seed
plot of the Bible because in it are to be found the foundations
of many truths in the Bible. Below is an outline of Genesis.
1. Author
Apart from the Jewish tradition
supporting the Mosaic
authorship,
the NT also affirms it, telling us that he
received the living oracles directly
from God Lk.
24:27, Jn. 7:22 -23,
Acts
7:37
- 38.
2.
Basic
Outline
Section
| Ref.
| Subsection |
Notes
| | Creation
| 1
- 2 |
Day
| Ref.
| brief
description
| | 1
| Ch.1:1-5
| Original
creation; light
and the division from darkness.
|
| 2
| Ch.1:6-8
| Firmament
and division of
the waters.
| | 3
| Ch.1:9-13
| The
dry land appears.
| | 4
| Ch.1:14-20
| The
sun, moon and the star.
|
| 5
| Ch.1:21-23
| Moving
creatures in the
waters and fowls of the air.
|
| 6
| Ch.1:24-31
| Land
animals and finally
man.
| | 7
| Ch.2:3
| God
ended His work and
blessed the seventh day.
|
| Ch.2:4-25
| We
are not told the time
scale
of the events of the naming of the animals, or Eve's creation
|
| Were
the
six days literal?
|
| The
Fall | 3-5
| | 3:1-7
| The
temptation
| | 3:8-19
| The
curse
| | 3:20-24
| The
expulsion from Eden
| | 4:1-26
| The
first murder
|
5:1-32
| The
generations of Adam
|
|
| | The
Flood | 6-10
|
| 6:1-5
| The
wickedness of
the world
|
| 6:6-22
| God's
instructions to Noah
|
| 7:1-24
| The
deluge, all flesh
destroyed
|
| 8:1-22
| Noah,
his family and
the
animals leave the ark
|
| 9:1-17
| The
Covenant with Noah
|
| 9:18-29
| Noah
the husbandman
|
| 10:1-32
| The
generations of the
sons of Noah
|
|
| | The
Division | 11
| | 11:1-9
| The
tower of Babel
| | 11:10-26
| The
generations of Terah
|
|
| | The
Patriarchs | 12-50
|
Abraham
Ch.12-25:10
| | 12:1-9
| Abraham'
s call
| | 12:10-20
| Abraham
in Egypt
| | 13-14
| Abraham
and Lot
| | 15
| The
Covenant
| | 16
| Abraham
and Ishmael
| | 17 |
Circumcision |
| 18:1-5
| Isaac
promised
| | 18:6-19:37
| Sodom
and the cities
of the plain
| | 20
| Abimelech
| | 21
| Isaac
born and the
bondwoman cast out
| | 22
| Abraham
tested to
offer up Isaac.
| | 23
| Sarah's
death
| | 24
| Abraham
sends his
servant to find a wife for Isaac
|
| 25:1-10
| Abraham's
second
wife and death
|
| Isaac
Ch.21-35
| | 21
| Isaac
born
| | 22
| Isaac
offered
| | 24
| Isaac
marries Rebekah
| | 25:12-26
| Esau
and Jacob born
to Isaac and Rebekah
| | 26
| Isaac
deceives
Abimelech
| | 27
| Isaac
deceived by
Jacob
| | 35:28-29
| Isaac
dies
|
| Jacob
Ch.
25-50
|
25:24-34
| Jacob born
and buys
the birthright from Esau.
|
| 27
| Jacob
deceives to
get the blessing.
| | 28
| Jacob
fless to Laban
| | 29-31
| Jacob
with Laban
| | 32-49
| Jacob
meets with God
at Peniel etc.
|
| 49-50
| Jacob's
patriarchal
blessing and death
|
| Joseph
Ch. 37-50
| | 37
| Joseph
sold as
a slave | | 39
| Joseph
in Potiphar's
house and prison
| | 40
| Joseph
interprets
dreams
| | 41
| Joseph
elevated by
Pharoah
| | 42-46
| Joseph,
his brethren
and Jacob
| 47-48
| Joseph
invites his
family to Egypt
| 49-50
| The
Patriarchal
blessings and Joseph's death
|
|
|
|
3. Natural
division
In the book of Genesis we have the phrase ' this is the
generation of ..' and this seems to divide the book up naturally.
These
are the
generations
of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in
the
day that
the LORD God made the earth and the heavens
Gen.
2:4
This is the book of
the
generations of Adam. In the day that
God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Gen. 5:1
These
are the
generations of
Noah: Noah was a just man and
perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Gen.6:9
Now
these are the
generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham,
and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Gen. 10:1
These
are
the generations of
Shem: Shem was an hundred years
old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Gen.11:10
Now
these are the
generations of
Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor,
and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Gen.11:27
Now
these are the
generations of
Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar
the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
Gen. 25:12
Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
Gen. 36:1
And
these are the
generations
of Esau the father of the
Edomites in mount Seir:
Gen.36:9
These
are
the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years
old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the
sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s
wives: and
Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Gen.37:2
|
4.
Some FAQ with Genesis
a.
Was creation in six literal days?
From
a
simple exposition
of
scripture it has to be answered that the six days
of
Genesis were literal 24 hour periods. The reasons are easy to
understand: - Clearly
we are being told of the origin
of the night/day
pattern and so we conclude that it is the 24 hr. period that
is
in view.
- God
Himself said it was literal 24 hr.
period! We read in
Exodus;
And
God
spake all these words,
saying, I am the LORD
thy
God, which have brought thee out of the land of
Egypt,............................ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it
holy. Six
days
shalt thou labour, and do all
thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy
God:
in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,
thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
that is within thy gates: For
in six days
the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them
is,
and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day,
and
hallowed it.
Ex.
20:1-11 - That has to
be the end of all disputing, lest we find
ourselves arguing against God.
| b.
Was there a
gap between the first two
verses of Gen. 1?
This
idea is based
on
speculation and misunderstanding of scripture,
sufficient to say
that the arguments in favour of the 'gap theory' have been answered.
The reader is referred to the book Unformed
and
Unfilled ( A critique of the Gap theory) Weston Fields
published by Burgener Enterprises 1997
for a
detailed exposure of the theory.
|
c
Was the
Flood Universal?
Again
from
the simple
understanding of scripture the answer has to be a clear 'Yes':
- The
words spoken to Noah were clear
And
God said unto Noah, The
end of all flesh is come before me;
for the earth is
filled
with violence through them; and, behold, I
will destroy
them
with
the earth.
Gen.6:13
And the
flood was
forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the
ark, and it was lift up above the earth. And the waters
prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went
upon the face of the
waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth;
and all
the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were
covered.
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were
covered.
Gen.7:17-20
- So
the Genesis
account makes it
plain that the flood
was universal ; but the testimony of the NT is also clear
For
this
they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens
were of
old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the
water: Whereby
the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
II Pet. 3:5-6
- If
the Flood was only local, as some
maintain, then
God has broken His promise of no more floods
destroying the
Earth, for there have been many local floods since
And
I
will establish my covenant with
you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a
flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Gen.
9:11
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