Genesis is the book of beginnings, recording the creation of the world, the origin of humanity, the entrance of sin, and the beginning of God's plan of redemption through the family of Abraham.
50
Chapters
1,533
Total Verses
Moses
Author
1445-1405 BC
Date Written
Creation, Fall, Flood, and Babel
Call, covenant, and faith of Abraham
The promised son and his family
From deceiver to Israel
From slavery to salvation
God creates the world in six days
God forms man and woman and rests
Adam and Eve sin and are expelled
Cain kills Abel and is cursed
Descendants from Adam to Noah listed
God decides to flood the earth
Noah enters ark; flood covers earth
Waters subside; Noah leaves ark
God blesses Noah; rainbow as sign
Descendants of Noah's sons listed
God confuses languages; scatters people
God calls Abram to Canaan
Abram and Lot part ways peacefully
Abram defeats kings and rescues Lot
God promises Abram numerous descendants
Hagar bears Abram's son Ishmael
God establishes covenant with Abraham
God promises Sarah a son
Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed
Abraham deceives Abimelech about Sarah
Isaac is born to Abraham and Sarah
Abraham offers Isaac; God provides ram
Abraham buys cave for Sarah's burial
Rebekah chosen as Isaac's wife
Abraham's death; birth of Esau and Jacob
Jacob obtains Esau's blessing
God promises Jacob blessings and land
Jacob works seven years for Rachel
Birth of Jacob's twelve sons
Jacob departs secretly from Laban
Jacob wrestles angel; renamed Israel
Jacob reconciles with Esau
Dinah defiled; sons of Jacob avenge
Jacob worships God; death of Rachel
Genealogy of Esau's family
Joseph sold by his brothers
Tamar deceives Judah to bear children
Joseph prospers; falsely accused and imprisoned
Joseph interprets dreams of Pharaoh's servants
Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams; made ruler
Joseph's brothers seek grain in Egypt
Brothers return with Benjamin
Joseph tests brothers with silver cup
Joseph forgives brothers and reveals identity
Jacob and family move to Egypt
Jacob blesses Pharaoh; family settles in Goshen
Jacob blesses Joseph's sons
Jacob blesses his sons and prophesies
Joseph dies after comforting brothers
Now that you have read the overview, test your Genesis knowledge.
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”Genesis 1:1
“So God created man in his own image.”Genesis 1:27
“I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee.”Genesis 12:2