bible_genotl

I.  The Beginnings of the World (1:1–2:4a)

A.  The creation of the heavens and earth (1:1-2)

B.  The seven days of creation of the earth (1:3–2:4a)

II.  The Beginnings of Mankind (2:4b–11:9)

A.  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)

B.  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)

C.  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)

D.  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)

E.  The Descendants of Noah (10:1-32)

F.  The Tower Babel (11:1-9)

II.  The Beginnings of a People (11:10–50:26)

A.  The Story of Abraham (11:10–25:8)

1.  The call of Abraham (11:10–14:24)

a.  The descendants of Shem (11:10-32)

b.  Abram’s call and his response (12:1-9)

c.  Sojourn in Egypt (12:10-20)

d.  Separation of Abraham and Lot (13:1-13)

e.  Renewal of the promise (13:14-18)

f.  The rescue of Lot (14:1-16)

g.  Abram blessed by Melchizedek (14:17-24)

2.  The covenant with Abraham (15:1-22:24)

a.  The son promised (15:1-21)

b.  The birth of Ishmael (16:1-16)

c.  The covenant and its sign (17:1-27)

d.  Abraham the intercessor (18:1–19:38)

e.  Abraham delivered from Abimelech (20:1-18)

f.  Isaac born (21:1-21)

g.  Abraham dwells at Beersheba (21:22-34)

h.  Abraham obedience (22:1-24)

3.  The Posterity of Abraham (23:1–25:18)

a.  The acquisition of a burial plot (23:1-20)

b.  The marriage of Isaac (24:1-67)

c.  The last days and death of Abraham (25:1-18)

B.  The Story of Isaac and His Family (25:19–28:9)

1.  The family of Isaac (25:19-34)

a.  The birth of Esau and Jacob (25:19-26)

b.  Esau sells his birthright to Jacob (25:27-34)

2.  The sojourn in Canaan (26:1-33)

a.  The confirmation of the promise to Isaac (26:1-5)

b.  Troubles with Abimelech (26:6-33)

c.  The marriage of Esau (26:34-35)

3.  The partriarchal blessing (27:1–28:9)

a.  Isaac favors Esau (27:1-4)

b.  Rebekah’s plot (27:5-17)

c.  The stolen blessing (27:18-40)

d.  Jacob escape from Esau (27:41–28:9)

C.  The Story of Jacob (28:10–36:43)

1.  Jacob’s exile in Syria with Laban (28:10–32:2)

a.  The dream at Bethel (28:10-22)

b.  The double marriage and family (29:1–30:43)

c.  The flight from Laban (31:1–32:2)

2.  Jacob’s return to Canaan (32:3–35:21)

a.  The reconcilation of Esau and Jacob (32:3–33:17)

b.  The troubles at Shechem (33:18–34:31)

c.  The worship at Bethel (35:1-15)

d.  The death of Rachel (35:16-21)

3.  The descendants of Isaac (35:22–36:43)

a.  The sons of Jacob (35:22-26)

b.  The death of Isaac (35:27-29)

c.  The descendants of Esau (36:1-43)

D.  The Story of Joseph (37:1–50:26)

1.  The boyhood of Joseph (37:1-36)

a.  The favorite son (37:1-4)

b.  The dreams (37:5-11)

c.  Sold into Egypt (37:12-36)

2.  Judah and Tamar (38:1-30)

3.  Promotion in Egypt (39:1–41:57)

a.  Slave in Potiphar’s house (39:1-6)

b.  Demoted to prison (39:7-23)

c.  Interpreter of dreams (40:1-23)

d.  Joseph and Pharaoh (41:1-57)

4.  Joseph and His brothers (42:1–45:28)

a.  The first trip to Egypt (42:1-38)

b.  The second trip to Egypt (43:1–45:28)

5.  Israel’s family in Egypt (46:1–50:26)

a.  Israel settles in Egypt (46:1–47:28)

b.  Israel blesses Joseph (47:29–48:22)

c.  Israel’s prophecies (49:1-28)

d.  Israel’s death and burial (49:29–50:14)

e.  Joseph’s assurance to his brothers (50:15-21)

f.  Joseph’s death (50:22-26)