Genesis 1– ‘Upper register’ view of creation
Genesis 2– ‘Lower register’ view of creation
Genesis 3– 1) The Fall of Man 2) The maternal promise
Genesis 4– 1) Cain & Abel 2) The institution of the common grace sphere
Genesis 5– The generations of Adam
Genesis 6– 1) The spread of sin 2) The building of the ark
Genesis 7– 40 days and nights of rain
Genesis 8-9– God’s covenant with Noah
Genesis 10– Table of nations
Genesis 11– Tower of Babel
Genesis 12– The call of Abram
Genesis 13– Abram and Lot seperate
Genesis 14– 1) Abram rescues Lot 2) Abram receives blessing of Melchizedek
Genesis 15– God’s covenant with Abram ratified
Genesis 16– Sarai and Hagar
Genesis 17– 1) The institution of circumcision 2) The ‘substantial’ promise of the Covenant of Grace
Genesis 18– 1) Three ‘men’ approach Abraham 2) Abraham intercedes for Sodom and Gommorah
Genesis 19– The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 20– Abraham and Abimelech
Genesis 21– 1) The birth of Isaac 2) The casting out of Hagar 3) Abraham’s treaty with Abimelech
Genesis 22– 1) The sacrifice of Isaac 2) The confirmation of the Abrahamic promise
Genesis 23– Sarah’s death and burial
Genesis 24– Isaac and Rebekah
Genesis 25– 1) The sons of Keturah 2) Abraham’s death 3) the birth of Jacob and Esau 4) Esau sells his birthright
Genesis 26– 1) God’s promise to Isaac 2) Isaac and Abimelech 3) Esau marries a Hittite
Genesis 27– Isaac blesses Jacob (instead of Esau)
Genesis 28- 1) Jacob sent to Laban 2) Esau marries an Ishmaelite 3) Jacob’s Ladder
Genesis 29– 1) Jacob works for Laban in order to marry Rachel (and Leah) 2) Leah gives birth to Simeon & Judah
Genesis 30– 1) Jacob’s children by Leah & Zilpah, and Rachel and Bilhah 2) Laban’s deceitful wages for Jacob & Jacob tricks Laban
Genesis 31– Jacon flees from Laban
Genesis 32– 1) Jacob fears meeting Esau 2) Jacob wrestles with God
Genesis 33– Jacob meets Esau near Seir
Genesis 34– The defiling of Dinah
Genesis 35– 1) God renews the covenant promise with Jacob at El-Bethel 2) Rachel gives birth to Benjamin, then dies 3) Isaac dies
Genesis 36– The generations of Esau
Genesis 37– Joseph & his brothers
Genesis 38– Judah and Tamar
Genesis 39– Joseph and Potiphar’s wife
Genesis 40– Joseph interprets the cup-bearer’s and baker’s dreams
Genesis 41– 1) Joseph interprets Pharoah’s dreams 2) Joseph rises to power
Genesis 42- Joseph’s brothers come to Egypt for food
Genesis 43– Joseph’s brothers meet him a second time in Egypt
Genesis 44- Joseph tests his brothers
Genesis 45– Joseph reveals himself to his brothers
Genesis 46– Jacob and his household move to Goshen
Genesis 47– 1) Jacob’s family meets Pharoah 2) Pharoah consolidates power over Egypt
Genesis 48– Jacob blesses Ephraim & Manasseh
Genesis 49– 1) Jacob blesses his sons 2) Jacob dies
Genesis 50– 1) Jacob buried in the Promised Land 2) Joseph understands God’s providence 3) Joseph dies, to be buried in the Promised Land
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