Summary Of The Book Of Genesis

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By H. A. (Buster) Dobbs
I. Introduction.
A. Earliest age (1:1-11:9)
1. Creation (1:2-2:25
(a) Creation of the world (1:1-2:3)
(b) Creation of man (2:4-25)
2. The fall (3:1-5:32)
(a) First sin - disobeying God (3:1-24)
(b) Sin of Cain in killing his brother, Abel (4:1-10)
(c) Punishment of sin, showing Gods hatred of
disobedience (4:11-16)
3. Earliest genealogy (4:17-5:32)
B. Judgment of sin (6:1-9:29)
1. Multiplication of people and sin (6:1-5)
2. Judgment of God on sinfulness of man (6:6-7)
3. Noah, a righteous man (6:8-13)
4. The ark (6:14-21)
5. Obedience of Noah (6:22)
C. The flood (7:1-8:19)
D. Results of the flood (8:20-9:17)
1. Noahs sacrifice pleasing to God (8:20-21)
2. Earth to continue (8:22)
3. God blessed Noah and his sons (9:1-10)
4. Rainbow - a promise of no future destruction by water
(9:11-17)
5. Sin in the godly line (9:18-29)
E. Tower of Babel (10:1-11:9)
1. Family lines after the flood (10:1-32)
2. Arrogance condemned (11:1-8)
3. Languages created (11:9)
II. Abram to Joseph
A. Life of Abram (11:10-25:18)
1. The call of Abram (11:10-30)
2. Abram, Sarai, Terah, and Lot go to Haran (11:31-31)
3. Terah, Abrams father, died at Haran ((11:32)
4. Covenant God made with Abram (12:1--25:18)
5. First covenant made at Haran (12:1-4)
6. Abram and Lot journey to Shechem (12:5)
7. Land covenant renewed at Shechem (12:6-9)
8. Going down into Egypt (12:10-20)
9. Abram wealthy in cattle, gold, and silver (13:1-4)
10. Separation of Abram and Lot (13:5-13)
11. Land covenant confirmed (13:14-18)
12. Defeat of the four kings (14:1-17)
13. Melchizedek blesses Abram (14:18-24)
14. Validation of the covenant Abram accounted
righteous (15:1-21)
15. Hagar and Ishmael (16:1-16)
16. Covenant repeated, and circumcision required
(17:1-27)
17. Angels announce that Abram and Sarai are to have a
child in their old age (18:1-16)
18. Destruction of Sodom and deliverance of Lot
(18:17-19:38)
19. Abraham sins against king Abimelech (20:1-18)
20. Birth of Isaac, the child of promise (21:1-7)
21. When Isaac is 12, Hagar and Ishamel sent away
(21:8-20)
22. More association with Abimelech of Philistia
(21:21-34)
23. Testing of Abrahams faith in offering of Isaac
(22:1-17)
24. Covenant again affirmed (22:18-24)
25. Death and burial of Sarah (23:1-20)
26. Rebekah and Isaac married (24:1-67)
27. Abraham marries Keturah and has other children
(25:1-7)
28. Death and burial of Abraham (25:8-9)
B. Life of Isaac (25:1026:35)
1. Birth of Esau and Jacob, twin sons of Isaac and
Rebekah (25:1026)
2. Esau, the first born, sells birthright to Jacob
(25:27-34)
3. Jacob sins in the matter of Abimelech and Rebekah
(26:1-11)
4. Jacob prospers (26:12-14)
5. Re-digging the water wells (26:15-33)
6. Esaus bad marriages (26:34-35)
C. Life of Jacob (27:1-35:29)
1. Jacob secures parental blessing by deception
(27:1-40)
2. Hatred of Esau for Jacob, and departure of Jacob to
Haran (27:41-28:3)
3. Blessing of Abraham given to Jacob (28:4)
4. Fortunes of Jacob journeying to Haran (Padan Aram)
(28:5-22)
5. Jacobs marriages and children born to him
(29:1-31:55)
6. Jacob returns to Canaan and is reconciled to Esau
(30:1-33:20)
7. Dinah, daughter of Jacob, defiled and avenged
(34:1-31)
8. Jacob and his family go to Beth-el (35:1-8)
9. Jacob receives blessing from Jehovah (35:9-16)
10. Birth of Benjamin and death of Rachael, beloved
wife of Jacob (35:17-20)
11. Jacob at Ephrath (35:21-27)
12. Death and burial of Isaac (35:28-29)
D. Life of Esau (36:1-43)
E. Life of Joseph (37:1-50:26)
1. Josephs relation with his father and brothers
(37:1-24)
2. Joseph sold to bondage in Egypt; Jacob deceived by
his sons (37:25-36)
3. Sin of Judah, Jacobs oldest son, with Tamar his
daughter-in-law (38:1-30)
4. Joseph put in prison in Egypt (39:1-23)
5. Joseph interprets the dreams of the Baker and the
Butler (40:1-23)
6. Joseph interprets Pharaohs dream, is released from
prison, and rises to great power (41:1-52)
7. A great famine over all the land (41:53-57)
8. Jacob sends his sons to Egypt for grain (42:1-38)
9. Jacob sends his sons to Egypt for grain a second
time (43:1-34)
10. Joseph proves his brothers and reveals himself to
them (44:1-45:16)
11. Jacob and his family brought to Egypt and settle in
Goshen (45:17- 47:12)
12. Joseph made Egypt powerful and wealthy; Jacob and
his sons also prospered (47:13-31)
13. Jacob, knowing his death is near, blesses his sons
and grandsons (48:1-49:32)
14. Jacob dies and the body is carried to Canaan to be
buried at Machpelah (49:33-50:13)
15. After a few more years, Joseph dies and is embalmed
and his body placed in a coffin in Egypt (50:14-26)
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