
Structure
The book of Genesis is divided into two main parts: Chapters 1 – 11 and 12 – 50.
- 1 – 11 focuses on four central events:
- Creation
- The Fall
- The Flood
- The Dispersion of Nations
- 12 – 50 focuses on four primary people:
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob
- Joseph
Book Outline
- Starting with Adam (1 – 11)
- God’s Blessed Creation (1:1 – 2:25)
- God’s Act of Creation (1:1 – 2:4)
- God’s Show of Creation (2:5-25)
- God’s Cursed Creation (3:1 – 11:32)
- Death through Sin (3:1 – 6:8)
- The Entrance of Sin (3)
- The Exposure of Death (4:1 – 5:32)
- The Epitome of Corruption (6:1-8)
- Deliverance through Destruction (6:9-29)
- The Execution of God’s Plan (6:9 – 7:10)
- The Endurance of God’s People (7:11 – 8:19)
- The Exaltation of God’s Preservation (8:20 – 9:29)
- Population through Dispersion (10:1 – 11:32)
- Descendants of Noah (10)
- Dispersion of Nations (11:1-9)
- Designation of Nomination (11:10-32)
- Death through Sin (3:1 – 6:8)
- God’s Blessed Creation (1:1 – 2:25)
- Restarting with Abraham (12 – 50)
- The Life of Abraham (12:1 – 25:11)
- God’s Call and Abraham’s Response (12 – 14)
- God’s Covenant and Abraham’s Faith (15 – 22)
- God’s Commitment and Abraham’s Assurance (23:1 – 25:11)
- The Line of Ishmael (25:12-18)
- The Lot of Jacob (25:19 – 35:29)
- Life at Home (25:19 – 27:46)
- Life in Hiding (28 – 32)
- Life on Hold (33 – 34)
- Life and Death (35)
- The Lineage of Esau (36)
- The Lifestyle of Joseph (37:1 – 50:26)
- Faithfulness through Patient Endurance (37 – 41)
- Forgiveness from Longstanding Sin (42 – 47)
- Fruitfulness in Covenant Blessing (48 – 49)
- Finality on every Encumbrance (50)
- The Life of Abraham (12:1 – 25:11)