Book of Genesis,
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AUTHOR: Moses (commonly accepted)
DATE WRITTEN: 1450-1410 B.C.
PURPOSE: The Book of Origins.
A record of the origin of our universe; the human race; sin; redemption; family life; corruption
of society; the nations; the different languages; the Hebrew race, etc.
The early chapters of the book have been continually under the fire of modern criticism.
But the facts they present, when rightly interpreted and understood, have never been disproved.
It is not the purpose of the author of Genesis to give an elaborate account of the creation;
only a single chapter is devoted to the subject; just a bare outline containing a few fundamental facts, while thirty-eight
chapters are given to an account of the history of the chosen family.
TO WHOM WRITTEN: The people of Israel. [“I believe the book of Genesis
was written for all people”. Sammy]
MAIN THEME: Man's sin and the initial steps taken for his redemption by a
divine covenant made with a chosen race whose early history is here portrayed.
KEY WORD: Beginning.
KEY VERSE: First Messianic Promise,--Genesis 3:15.
SYNOPSIS:
I. The History of Creation.
(1) Of our universe,--Genesis 1:1-25.
(2) Of man,--Genesis 1:26-31; 2:18-24.
II. The Story of Primeval Man.
(1) The temptation and fall; the personality
and character of the Tempter; the penalty of sin; and the promise of a coming Redeemer,--Genesis 3.
(2) The story of Cain and Abel,--Genesis 4.
(3) The genealogy and death of the
patriarchs,--Genesis 5.
(4) The events connected with the
Flood,--Genesis 6-8.
(5) The rainbow covenant and Noah's
sin,--Genesis 9.
(6) The descendants of Noah,--Genesis 10.
(7) The confusion of tongues at Babel,--Genesis 11.
III. The History of the Chosen
Family.
(1) The Career of Abraham.
See 15; 4290.
(a) His divine call,--Genesis 12.
(b) The story of Abraham and Lot,--Genesis 13-14.
(c) The divine revelations and promises
to Abraham, particularly, the promise of a son, the possession of the Holy Land, and of a great posterity,--Genesis 15-17.
(d) His intercession for the cities
of the plain and their destruction,--Genesis 18-19.
(e) His life at Gerar, and the fulfillment
of the promise of a son in the birth of Isaac,--Genesis 20-21.
(f) The test of his obedience by
the divine command to offer up Isaac,--Genesis 22.
(g) His death,--Genesis 25:8.
(2) The Career of Isaac.
(a) His birth,--Genesis 21:3.
(b) His marriage,--Genesis 24.
(c) The birth of his sons Jacob
and Esau,--Genesis 25:20-26.
(d) His later years,--Genesis 26-27.
For other events connected with his life.
See 1802.
(3) The Career of Jacob.
(a) His craftiness in securing the
birthright,--Genesis 27:1-29.
(b) His vision of the heavenly ladder,--Genesis 28:10-22.
(c) Incidents connected with his
marriage and life in Padan-aram,--Genesis 29-31.
For further history of his life See 1837, 4291.
(4) The Career of Esau
as related in Genesis. See 1149.
(5) The Career of Joseph,
the later years of Jacob, and the descent of the chosen family into Egypt,--Genesis 37-50. See also Joseph 1917, 4292.
PROMINENT PEOPLE
(1) Associated Together.
Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; Abraham and Lot; Isaac and
Ishmael; Esau and Jacob; Joseph and his brothers.
(2) Five Great Spiritual Characters.
(a) Enoch, the
man who "walked with God." See 1135.
(b) Noah, the ark-builder.
See 4289, 2597.
(c) Abraham, the
father of the faithful. See 4290, 15.
(d) Jacob, the
man whose life was transformed by prayer. See 4291, 1837.
(e) Joseph, the
son of Jacob, who rose from slavery to become the premier of Egypt. See 4292,
1917.
THE LESSON OF THE AGES: The Bible opens with mankind ruined, paradise lost,
Genesis 3.
The plan of salvation instituted,--John 3:15.
The Bible closes with the promise redeemed, paradise regained.
See Revelation 21-22.
—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines
