OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• Creation of heavens and earth (1, 2)

• Six days of preparing the earth (3-31)

  • Day 1: light; day and night (3-5)

  • Day 2: expanse (6-8)

  • Day 3: dry land and vegetation (9-13)

  • Day 4: heavenly luminaries (14-19)

  • Day 5: fish and birds (20-23)

  • Day 6: land animals and humans (24-31)

2

• God rests on the seventh day (1-3)

• Jehovah God, Maker of heaven and earth (4)

• Man and woman in the garden of Eden (5-25)

  • Man formed out of dust (7)

  • Forbidden tree of knowledge (15-17)

  • Creation of woman (18-25)

3

• Origin of man’s sin (1-13)

  • The first lie (4, 5)

• Jehovah’s judgment on the rebels (14-24)

  • Woman’s offspring foretold (15)

  • Expulsion from Eden (23, 24)

4

• Cain and Abel (1-16)

• Cain’s descendants (17-24)

• Seth and his son Enosh (25, 26)

5

• From Adam to Noah (1-32)

  • Adam fathered sons and daughters (4)

  • Enoch walked with God (21-24)

6

• Sons of God take wives on earth (1-3)

• Nephilim born (4)

• Mankind’s badness saddens Jehovah (5-8)

• Noah commissioned to build an ark (9-16)

• God proclaims the coming of the Flood (17-22)

7

• Entering the ark (1-10)

• The global Flood (11-24)

8

• The floodwaters subside (1-14)

  • Dove sent out (8-12)

• Leaving the ark (15-19)

• God’s promise for the earth (20-22)

9

• Instructions for all mankind (1-7)

  • Law about blood (4-6)

• Rainbow covenant (8-17)

• Prophecies about Noah’s descendants (18-29)

10

• List of the nations (1-32)

  • Descendants of Japheth (2-5)

  • Descendants of Ham (6-20)

    • Nimrod opposes Jehovah (8-12)

  • Descendants of Shem (21-31)

11

• Tower of Babel (1-4)

• Jehovah confuses the language (5-9)

• From Shem to Abram (10-32)

  • Terah’s family (27)

  • Abram leaves Ur (31)

12

• Abram leaves Haran for Canaan (1-9)

  • God’s promise to Abram (7)

• Abram and Sarai in Egypt (10-20)

13

• Abram returns to Canaan (1-4)

• Abram and Lot separate (5-13)

• God’s promise to Abram repeated (14-18)

14

• Abram rescues Lot (1-16)

• Melchizedek blesses Abram (17-24)

15

• God’s covenant with Abram (1-21)

  • The 400 years of affliction foretold (13)

  • God’s promise to Abram repeated (18-21)

16

• Hagar and Ishmael (1-16)

17

• Abraham to become a father of many nations (1-8)

  • Abram renamed Abraham (5)

• Covenant of circumcision (9-14)

• Sarai renamed Sarah (15-17)

• Son Isaac promised (18-27)

18

• Three angels visit Abraham (1-8)

• A son promised to Sarah; she laughs (9-15)

• Abraham pleads for Sodom (16-33)

19

• Lot visited by angels (1-11)

• Lot and his family urged to leave (12-22)

• Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed (23-29)

  • Lot’s wife becomes a pillar of salt (26)

• Lot and his daughters (30-38)

  • Origin of Moab and Ammon (37, 38)

20

• Sarah rescued from Abimelech (1-18)

21

• Birth of Isaac (1-7)

• Ishmael mocks Isaac (8, 9)

• Hagar and Ishmael sent away (10-21)

• Abraham’s covenant with Abimelech (22-34)

22

• Abraham told to offer up Isaac (1-19)

  • Blessing because of Abraham’s offspring (15-18)

• Rebekah’s family (20-24)

23

• Sarah’s death and burial place (1-20)

24

• Seeking a wife for Isaac (1-58)

• Rebekah goes to meet Isaac (59-67)

25

• Abraham remarries (1-6)

• Abraham’s death (7-11)

• Ishmael’s sons (12-18)

• Birth of Jacob and Esau (19-26)

• Esau sells his birthright (27-34)

26

• Isaac and Rebekah in Gerar (1-11)

  • God’s promise confirmed to Isaac (3-5)

• Conflict over wells (12-25)

• Isaac’s covenant with Abimelech (26-33)

• Esau’s two Hittite wives (34, 35)

27

• Jacob gets Isaac’s blessing (1-29)

• Esau seeks blessing but is unrepentant (30-40)

• Esau’s animosity toward Jacob (41-46)

28

• Isaac sends Jacob to Paddan-aram (1-9)

• Jacob’s dream at Bethel (10-22)

  • God’s promise confirmed to Jacob (13-15)

29

• Jacob meets Rachel (1-14)

• Jacob falls in love with Rachel (15-20)

• Jacob marries Leah and Rachel (21-29)

• Jacob’s four sons by Leah: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah (30-35)

30

• Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali (1-8)

• Zilpah bears Gad and Asher (9-13)

• Leah bears Issachar and Zebulun (14-21)

• Rachel bears Joseph (22-24)

• Jacob’s flocks increase (25-43)

31

• Jacob secretly departs for Canaan (1-18)

• Laban overtakes Jacob (19-35)

• Jacob’s covenant with Laban (36-55)

32

• Angels meet Jacob (1, 2)

• Jacob prepares to meet Esau (3-23)

• Jacob wrestles with an angel (24-32)

  • Jacob renamed Israel (28)

33

• Jacob meets Esau (1-16)

• Jacob journeys to Shechem (17-20)

34

• Dinah raped (1-12)

• Jacob’s sons act deceitfully (13-31)

35

• Jacob gets rid of foreign gods (1-4)

• Jacob returns to Bethel (5-15)

• Benjamin’s birth; Rachel’s death (16-20)

• Israel’s 12 sons (21-26)

• Isaac’s death (27-29)

36

• Esau’s descendants (1-30)

• Edom’s kings and sheikhs (31-43)

37

• Joseph’s dreams (1-11)

• Joseph and his jealous brothers (12-24)

• Joseph sold into slavery (25-36)

38

• Judah and Tamar (1-30)

39

• Joseph in Potiphar’s house (1-6)

• Joseph resists Potiphar’s wife (7-20)

• Joseph in prison (21-23)

40

• Joseph interprets prisoners’ dreams (1-19)

  • “Interpretations belong to God” (8)

• Pharaoh’s birthday feast (20-23)

41

• Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams (1-36)

• Joseph exalted by Pharaoh (37-46a)

• Joseph’s food administration (46b-57)

42

• Joseph’s brothers go to Egypt (1-4)

• Joseph meets his brothers and tests them (5-25)

• The brothers return home to Jacob (26-38)

43

• Joseph’s brothers’ second trip to Egypt; with Benjamin (1-14)

• Joseph meets again with his brothers (15-23)

• Joseph’s banquet with his brothers (24-34)

44

• Joseph’s silver cup in Benjamin’s bag (1-17)

• Judah pleads for Benjamin (18-34)

45

• Joseph reveals his identity (1-15)

• Joseph’s brothers return for Jacob (16-28)

46

• Jacob and his household move to Egypt (1-7)

• Names of those moving to Egypt (8-27)

• Joseph meets Jacob at Goshen (28-34)

47

• Jacob meets Pharaoh (1-12)

• Joseph’s wise administration (13-26)

• Israel settles in Goshen (27-31)

48

• Jacob blesses Joseph’s two sons (1-12)

• Ephraim gets greater blessing (13-22)

49

• Jacob’s deathbed prophecy (1-28)

  • Shiloh to come out of Judah (10)

• Jacob’s burial instructions (29-32)

• Jacob’s death (33)

50

• Joseph buries Jacob in Canaan (1-14)

• Joseph confirms his forgiveness (15-21)

• Joseph’s final days and death (22-26)

  • Joseph’s command about his bones (25)