The Book of Genesis

THE BOOK OF GENESIS  1:14-19 – fourth day
Introduction: - lights in the sky to mark the day and night.

 Genesis – the first book of the Pentateuch - The sun for the day and the moon and the stars
 Genesis comes from the Greek of Gen. 2:4 which is in the night.
“the book of generation of the heavens and earth”  1:20-23 – fifth day
 Title in the Jewish scriptures – Bereshit – “In the - God created sea creatures and the birds
beginning”  1:24-30 – sixth day
 2 major sections: - God created every kind of living creature
a. The creation and expansion of human race - God created man in His image and likeness
- Deals with God and the nations
b. The story of Abraham and his descendants CHAPTER 2
- Deals with God and a particular nation, Israel.  2:1-3 – God rested on the seventh day. He made the 7th
-------------------------------------------------- day holy.
CHAPTER 1 ----------
FIRST ACCOUNT OF CREATION SECOND ACCOUNT OF CREATION
 1:1-5 – in the beginning narrative The garden of Eden
- God created the heavens and the earth.  God formed the man out of dust of the ground and blew
- The earth was without form and shape; darkness into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a
covers the earth. living being.
- God created light; called the light, day and  East: God planted a garden. Here fruit-bearing trees
darkness, night. were made for man to look for his food.
- The first day.  In the middle of the garden; the tree of life and the tree
 1:6-8 – second day of the knowledge of good and evil.
- God separated water from sky.  A river rises in the eden with 4 branches:
- Created a dome bet. waters. 1. Pishon – covers all through the land of Havilah:
 1:9-13 – third day - Havilah has:
- Water under the sky gathered into single basin a. Gold
so that dry land may appear. b. Bdellium
- The dry land called the earth and the water c. Lapis lazuli
called the sea. 2. Gihon – covers all through the land of Cush
- God also created vegetation
3. Tigris – flows east of Asshur.  Man will die.
4. Euphrates  Man gave a name to his wife as “Eve” for she will be
 God took man and settled him in the Garden of Eden to the mother of all the living.
take care of it.  God made garments made out of skin for man and his
 God told man that he is free to eat any fruits from any wife.
trees except the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  Man and his wife was banished from the garden of
 It is not good for man to be alone; God created animals Eden; expelled the man and stationed a cherubim and
and all the birds to be man’s companion and yet no one the fiery revolving sword east of the garden.
suited.
 God casted man to deep sleep: took out one of his rib CHAPTER 4
and make a woman out of it.  Man had intercourse with his wife and gave birth to
 The man and wife are both naked and they were not Cain.
ashamed.  Then eve gave birth to Abel.
 Abel herds the flock while Cain is a tiller of the
CHAPTER 3 ground.
 The fall of Adam and Eve  Cain brought an offering chosen from the fruit of
 The snake was the most cunning of all God’s creatures his tilling of the ground
 He was the one who convinced Eve to eat the fruit of  Abel brought the fatty portion of the firstlings of his
wisdom. flock.
 Eve bites the fruit and also gave Adam a share which he  The Lord look favor on Abel’s offering.
also bit.  Cain was angry and dejected.
 They were awakened and became aware that they were  God warns Cain
naked and so, they sew loincloths out of fig leaves.  Cain asked his brother to come with him and then
 When they heard God walking in the garden at the killed him.
breezy time of day, they hide from him.  The Lord asked Cain and said, Where is your
 God found out they ate the fruit from the tree of brother?”
wisdom.  Am I my brothers keeper?
 He intensified the toll in childbearing (woman) and his
urge will come from man and gain dominance over her.
 Man was punished to till the lands so that he can eat.

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Introduction: - lights in the sky to mark the day and night.

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