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Book of Genesis

Genesis is the name of a book in the Old Testament of the Bible. In many Christian Bibles, Genesis is divided into 50 chapters and is ordered as the 1st of the 66 books in the Bible. Some of the following is based on J.B. Tidwell's The Bible Book by Book, published in 1916.

Genesis means beginning, origin, or creation. It contains the record of:
1. The beginning of the world which God created.
2. The beginning of man as the creature of God.
3. The beginning of sin, which entered the world through the disobedience of man.
4. The beginning of redemption, seen alike in the promises and types of the book and in the chosen family.
5. The beginning of condemnation, seen in the destruction and punishment of individuals, cities and the world.

Genesis provides a religious history, showing how, after man had fallen into sin, God began to give him a religion and to unfold to him a plan of salvation. In doing this God is revealed as Creator, Preserver, Law-Giver, Judge and Merciful Sovereign.

Genesis also indicates details about the world itself:
1. There was a beginning of things.
2. Things did not come by chance.
3. There is a Creator who continues to take interest in and control the universe.
4. There was orderly progress in creation from the less and more simple to the greater and more complex.
5. Everything else was brought into existence for man who is the crowning work of creation.

The religious importance of the book, according to Tidwell, is that the germ of all truth which is unfolded in the scripture is found in Genesis and to know well this book is to know God's plan for the blessing of man. Above all we learn about the nature and work of God.

Outline of Genesis

I. Creation, Chs. 1-2.
1. Creation in general, Ch. 1.
2. Creation of man in particular, Ch. 2.

II. Fall. Ch. 3.
1 Temptation, 1-5.
2. Fall, 6-8.
3. Lord's appearance, 9-13.
4. Curse, 14-21.
5. Exclusion from the garden, 22-24.

III. Flood, Chs. 4-9.
1. Growth of sin through Cain, 4:1-24.
2. Genealogy of Noah, 4: 25-5 end,
3. Building of the Ark, Ch. 6.
4. Occupying the Ark, Ch. 7.
5. Departure from the Ark, Ch. 8.
6. Covenant with Noah, Ch. 9.

IV. Nations, 10:1-11:9.
1. Basis of Nations, Noah's sons, Ch. 10.
2. Occasion of forming the nations, 11:1-9.

V. Abraham, 11:10-25:18.
1. Genealogy of Abram from Shem, 11:10 end.
2. Call and promise, Ch. 12.
3. Abraham and Lot, Chs. 13-14.
4. Covenant, 15: 1-18: 15.
5. Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, 18:16-19 end.
6. Lives at Gerar, Ch. 20.
7. Birth of Isaac, Ch. 21.
8. Sacrifice of Isaac, Ch. 22.
9. Death of Sarah, Ch. 23.
10. Marriage of Isaac, Ch. 24.
11. Death of Abraham and Ishmael, 25:1-18.

VI. Isaac. 26:19-36 end.
1. His two sons, 25:19 end.
2. Divine covenant. Ch. 26.
3. Jacob's deception, Ch. 27.
4. Jacob's flight into Haran, Ch. 28.
5. Jacob's marriage and prosperity, Chs. 20-30.
6. Jacob's return to Canaan. Chs, 31-35.
7. Generations of Esau, Ch. 36.

VII. Jacob, including Joseph, Chs. 37-50.
1. Jacob and Joseph, Chs. 37-45.
2. Sojourn in Egypt, Chs. 46-48.
3. Death of Jacob and Joseph, Chs. 49-50.

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