The Beginning
I. The stories of creation and the fall 1:1=3:24
A. Creation: the seven days 1:1-2:3
B. Creation: the making of man and woman 2:4-25
C. The fall of mankind and judgment of Adam and Eve 3:1-24
II. The family of Adam and Eve 4:1-5:32
A. Cain and Able 4:1-26
B. The family history of Adam and Eve 5:1-32
III. The flood 6:1-9:29
A. The sons of God and the daughters of men 6:1-4
B. The choosing of Noah 6:5-22
C. The Flood 7:1-24
D. The waters recede 8:1-22
E. The aftermath 9:1-29
IV. The early nations and the Tower of Babel 10:1-11:32
Abraham to Joseph
I. Abram and Sarai (Abraham and Sarah) 12:1-25:34
A. Abram and Sarai: their early experiences in the
land of Canaan 12:1-15:21
1. God's promise to Abram 12:1-3
2. Abram's journey to Canaan 12:4-9
3. Abram's stay in Egypt 12:10-20
4. Abram's return to Canaan, separation from Lot, God,s
promise 13:1-18
5. Abram rescues Lot from the kings of the east 14:1-17
6. Abram's encounters Melchizedek of Salem 14:18-20
7. Abram rebukes the king of Sodom 14:21-24
8. God's covenant with Abram - the Abrahamic
Covenant 15:1-21
B. Abram and Sarai search for a son 16:1-22:24
1. Birth of Abram's son Ishmael by Hagar 16:1-16
2. Renewing of the Abrahamic covenant, pt. 1 17:1-27
3. Renewing of the Abrahamic Covenant, pt. 2 18:1-15
4. God's judgment on Sodom and Gomora 18:16-19:38
5. Abraham's mistake in Gerar 20:1-8
6. The birth of Isaac 21:1-7
7. Banishment of Hagar and Ishmael 21:8-21
8. Abraham's covenant with Abimalech 21:22-31
9. Abraham instructed to sacrifice Isaac 22:1-19
10. The family of Nahor, Abraham's brother 22:20-24
C. Abraham and Sarah's last days 23:1-25:34
II. Isaac and Rebecca 26:1-27:45
A. Isaac and Abimalech 26:1-33
1. Their relationship 26:1-22
2. Isaac, heir to the Abrahamic covenant 26:23-25
3. The covenant between Isaac and Abimalech 26:26-33
B. Esau's wives 26:34-35
C. Isaac blesses Jacob and Esau 27:1-45
III. Jacob and Esau 27:46-36:43
A. Jacob sent to Lebon 27:46-28:5
B. Esau marries Ishmael's daughter 28:6-9
C. God reveals himself to Jacob at Bethel 28:10-22
D. Jacob's family 29:1-30:24
E. Jacob's dealing with Laban 30:25-31;55
F. Jacob and Esau reconciled 32:1-33:20
G. Dinah and her brothers 34:1-31
H. The last days of Isaac 35:1-29
1. Jacob returns to Bethel 35:1-8
2. Abrahamic covenant renewed with Isaac 35:9-15
3. Rachel's death and burial 35:16-20
4. Ruban and Bilhah 35:21-22
5. Jacob's twelve sons 35:23-26
6. Isaac's death and burial 35:27-29
I. Record of Esau's family 36:1-43
IV. Joseph 37:1-50:26
A. Joseph's dreams and a family nightmare 37:1-36
B. Judah and Tamar 38:1-30
C. Joseph humiliated in Egypt 39:1-40:23
D. Joseph exalted in Egypt 41:1-57
E. Joseph's reunion with his family 42:1-47:31
F. Jacob's last days 48:1-50:14
G. Joseph's last days 50:15-26
