GENESIS

An Outline

GENESIS (Greek for "beginning") - The book of beginnings

1. The Beginnings of the World (1:1--2:4a)
   
   1. The creation of the heavens and earth (1:1-2)
      
   2. The seven days of creation of the earth (1:3--2:4a)

2. The Beginnings of Mankind (2:4b--11:9)
   
   1. The creation of man (2:4b-25)
      
      1. Man created and placed in Eden (2:4b-15)
         
      2. The command of God (2:16-17)
         
      3. Woman created (2:18-25)
      
      
   2. The fall of man and its consequences (3:1-24)
      
      1. The temptation of Eve (3:1-5)
         
      2. The sin of Adam and Eve (3:6-7)
         
      3. The judgment of God (3:8-24)
      
      
   3. The antediluvian races and patriarchs (4:1--5:32)
      
      1. Cain and his descendants (4:1-24)
         
      2. Seth and his descendants (4:25--5:32)
      
      
   4. The flood (6:1--9:29)
      
      1. The reason for the flood (6:1-22)
         
      2. The flood (7:1--8:19)
         
      3. The Noahic covenant (8:20--9:17)
         
      4. Noah after the flood (9:18-29)
      
      
   5. The descendants of Noah (10:1-32)
      
   6. The tower Babel (11:1-9)

3. The Beginnings of a People (11:10--50:26)
   
   1. The story of Abraham (11:10--25:8)
      
      1. The call of Abraham (11:10--14:24)
         
         1. The descendants of Shem (11:10-32)
            
         2. Abram's call and his response (12:1-9)
            
         3. Sojourn in Egypt (12:10-20)
            
         4. Separation of Abraham and Lot (13:1-13)
            
         5. Renewal of the promise (13:14-18)
            
         6. The rescue of Lot (14:1-16)
            
         7. Abram blessed by Melchizedek (14:17-24)
         
         
      2. The covenant with Abraham (15:1-22:24)
         
         1. The son promised (15:1-21)
            
         2. The birth of Ishmael (16:1-16)
            
         3. The covenant and its sign (17:1-27)
            
         4. Abraham the intercessor (18:1--19:38)
            
         5. Abraham delivered from Abimelech (20:1-18)
            
         6. Isaac born (21:1-21)
            
         7. Abraham dwells at Beersheba (21:22-34)
            
         8. Abraham obedience (22:1-24)
         
         
      3. The posterity of Abraham (23:1--25:18)
         
         1. The acquisition of a burial plot (23:1-20)
            
         2. The marriage of Isaac (24:1-67)
            
         3. The last days and death of Abraham (25:1-18)
      
      
   2. The story of Isaac and his family (25:19--28:9)
      
      1. The family of Isaac (25:19-34)
         
         1. The birth of Esau and Jacob (25:19-26)
            
         2. Esau sells his birthright to Jacob (25:27-34)
         
         
      2. The sojourn in Canaan (26:1-33)
         
         1. The confirmation of the promise to Isaac (26:1-5)
            
         2. Troubles with Abimelech (26:6-33)
            
         3. The marriage of Esau (26:34-35)
         
         
      3. The partriarchal blessing (27:1--28:9)
         
         1. Isaac favors Esau (27:1-4)
            
         2. Rebekah's plot (27:5-17)
            
         3. The stolen blessing (27:18-40)
            
         4. Jacob escape from Esau (27:41--28:9)
      
      
   3. The story of Jacob (28:10--36:43)
      
      1. Jacob's exile in Syria with Laban (28:10--32:2)
         
         1. The dream at Bethel (28:10-22)
            
         2. The double marriage and family (29:1--30:43)
            
         3. The flight from Laban (31:1--32:2)
         
         
      2. Jacob's return to Canaan (32:3--35:21)
         
         1. The reconcilation of Esau and Jacob (32:3--33:17)
            
         2. The troubles at Shechem (33:18--34:31)
            
         3. The worship at Bethel (35:1-15)
            
         4. The death of Rachel (35:16-21)
         
         
      3. The descendants of Isaac (35:22--36:43)
         
         1. The sons of Jacob (35:22-26)
            
         2. The death of Isaac (35:27-29)
            
         3. The descendants of Esau (36:1-43)
      
      
   4. The story of Joseph (37:1--50:26)
      
      1. The boyhood of Joseph (37:1-36)
         
         1. The favorite son (37:1-4)
            
         2. The dreams (37:5-11)
            
         3. Sold into Egypt (37:12-36)
         
         
      2. Judah and Tamar (38:1-30)
         
      3. Promotion in Egypt (39:1--41:57)
         
         1. Slave in Potiphar's house (39:1-6)
            
         2. Demoted to prison (39:7-23)
            
         3. Interpreter of dreams (40:1-23)
            
         4. Joseph and Pharaoh (41:1-57)
         
         
      4. Joseph and his brothers (42:1--45:28)
         
         1. The first trip to Egypt (42:1-38)
            
         2. The second trip to Egypt (43:1--45:28)
         
         
      5. Israel's family in Egypt (46:1--50:26)
         
         1. Israel settles in Egypt (46:1--47:28)
            
         2. Israel blesses Joseph (47:29--48:22)
            
         3. Israel's prophecies (49:1-28)
            
         4. Israel's death and burial (49:29--50:14)
            
         5. Joseph's assurance to his brothers (50:15-21)
            
         6. Joseph's death (50:22-26)