GENESIS OUTLINE
-A. Ralph Johnson
Theme: The book of beginnings
Written by Moses about 1400 BC
|
CHAP |
KEY WORDS |
OUTLINE
|
|
1: |
Creation |
INTRODUCTION: Heavens, Earth, Man. (1:1--2:3)
|
|
|
|
I. GENERATIONS OF THE HEAVENS & EARTH (2:4--4:26) |
|
2: |
Eden |
Garden prepared. Adam created. Eve formed. |
|
3: |
Fall |
Serpent. Fruit. Ate. Consequences. |
|
4: |
Cain |
Jealousy. Murder. Cain's descendants.
|
|
|
|
II. GENERATIONS OF ADAM, (5:1--6:8) |
|
5: |
Seth |
Genealogy to the flood. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
III. GENERATIONS OF NOAH (6:9--9:29) |
|
6: |
Ark |
Wickedness. Intermarriage. Nephilim. |
|
7: |
Flood |
“Saved by water” – (cf, I Pet. 3:21) |
|
8: |
Land |
In the mountains of Ararat. Altar. Assurance. |
|
9: |
Rainbow |
Foods. Covenant. Curse on Canaan.
|
|
|
|
IV. GENERATIONS OF SONS OF NOAH |
|
10: |
Nations |
Noah (10:1-11:9) |
|
|
|
Origins of the nations. |
|
11: |
Babel |
Tower of Babel. Languages changed (11:1-9)
|
|
|
|
V. GENERATIONS OF SHEM. (11:10-26)
|
|
|
|
VI. GENERATIONS OF TERAH (11:27-25:11) |
|
|
|
Ur of Chaldeas to Haran. (11:27-32) |
|
12. |
Abraham |
Abraham’s call. (12:1-9) |
|
|
|
To be great nation. |
|
|
|
Canaan. |
|
|
|
Egypt. (12:10-20) Calls Sarah his "Sister". |
|
13: |
Lot |
In Canaan, Lot chooses Sodom. Promises to Abraham. |
|
14: |
Rescue |
Lot taken hostage by Chedorlaomer of Elam. (14:1-12) |
|
|
|
Lot rescued by Abraham. (14:13-16) |
|
|
|
Melchizedek, Tithe. Blesses Abraham. (14:17-24) |
|
15: |
Covenant |
Covenant made by God with Abraham. |
|
16: |
Ishmael |
Sarah & Hagar conflict. Flight. Promises to Ishmael. |
|
17: |
Circumcision |
Names changed. Covenant. Ishmael at age 13. |
|
18: |
Angels |
Entertained. Sarah promised. Abraham's intercession. |
|
19: |
Sodom |
Lot delivered. Wife looks back. Lot seduced by daughters. |
|
20: |
Gerar |
Abimelech (king) and Abraham's "sister". |
|
21: |
Isaac. |
Ishmael and Hagar cast out. (21:8-21) |
|
|
|
Abimelech & Abraham covenant at Beer-Sheba. (21:22-34) |
|
22: |
Test |
Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Covenant. Brother Nahor. |
|
23: |
Sarah |
Sarah's death. Field & cave of Machpelah purchased by Abraham |
|
24: |
Rebekah |
Rebekah brought from Haran to be Isaac's wife. |
|
25: |
|
Last days of Abraham. Remarriage. More children. Death. (25:1-11)
|
|
|
Ishmael |
VII. GENERATIONS OF ISHMAEL. (25:12-18)
|
|
|
Isaac |
VIII. GENERATIONS OF ISAAC (25:19-35:29) |
|
|
|
Esau and Jacob. (25:19-26) |
|
|
|
Birthright sold. (25:27-34) |
|
26: |
Gerar |
Isaac goes to Philistine Gerar where God reaffirms his covenant. (1-5) |
|
|
|
He calls Rebekah his "sister." Abimilech wants to marry her (26:6-11) |
|
|
|
Prosperity (26:12-19) |
|
|
|
Strife with herdsmen of Gerar (20-22) |
|
|
|
Beersheba the LORD appears to Jacob. He builds an altar (23-25) |
|
|
|
Abimelech makes covenant with Isaac (26-31) |
|
|
|
Beersheba established (32-35) |
|
27: |
Blessing |
Blessing stolen by Jacob. (Isaac deceived by skins.) |
|
28: |
Flight |
Flight to Haran. Ladder dream. Promises. Sacrifice and Pillar. |
|
29: |
Marriage |
Jacob meets Rachael. Works 7 years. for Laban. |
|
|
|
Laban deceives him and gives Leah instead. |
|
|
|
Jacob agrees to seven more years for Rachael. |
|
|
|
Leah’s children (Reuben, Sineon, Levi and Judah). |
|
30: |
Family |
Bilhah’s children (Dan, Naphtali) |
|
|
|
Zilpah’s children (Gad, Asher) |
|
|
|
Leah’s children (Issachar, Zebulun, Dianh) |
|
|
|
Rachael’s child (Joseph) |
|
|
|
Possessions (Stronger animals born marked for Jacob. |
|
31: |
Flight |
Flight from Laban. Covenant with him. Rachael steals teraphim idol. |
|
32: |
Preparation |
Preparation to meet Esau. (32:1-21) |
|
|
|
Wrestles the angel. (32:22-32) name changed to "Israel". |
|
33: |
Reconciled |
Reconciliation with Esau. |
|
34: |
Dinah |
Dinah raped by Shechemites. Avenged by brothers, Sineon & Levi |
|
35: |
Last Days |
Last days of Isaac. To Bethel. Purges family idols. |
|
|
|
Jacob changed to "Israel". Pillar erected. |
|
|
|
Rachael dies at Benjamin's birth. |
|
|
|
Rueben lays with Bilhah. |
|
|
|
Isaac dies.
|
|
|
|
IX. GENERATIONS OF ESAU |
|
36: |
Esau |
Family line.
|
|
|
|
X. GENERATIONS OF JACOB 37-50 |
|
37: |
Joseph |
Colored coat. Dreams. Pit. Sold. Jacob deceived. |
|
38: |
Tamar |
Tamar has twins by Judah, her father-in-law. |
|
39: |
Potiphar |
Potiphar and Joseph. Prospers. Accused by wife. Imprisoned. |
|
40: |
Prison |
Interprets dreams of Butler and Baker. |
|
41: |
Pharaoah |
Interprets dreams. Made a ruler. |
|
|
|
Manasseh and Ephraim born. Famine begins. |
|
42: |
Brothers |
Brothers come. He speaks roughly. Simeon, hostage. |
|
|
|
Money in sacks. |
|
|
|
Jacob refuses to permit Benjamin to go to Egypt. |
|
43: |
Benjamin |
Benjamin to Egypt. Benjamin given extra food. |
|
44: |
Testing |
Testing his brothers. Cup in Benjamin's sack. Judah's plea. |
|
45: |
Revealed |
Revealed to his brothers. Pharoah's invitation. Sent for Jacob. |
|
46: |
Egypt |
Move to Egypt |
|
|
|
Jacob's request concerning burial. |
|
47: |
Goshen |
Settled in Goshen. Talk with Pharoah. Joseph's management. |
|
48: |
Joseph |
Joseph's sons by Jacob. |
|
49: |
Prophecy |
Prophecy concerning sons by Jacob. Jacob dies. |
|
50: |
Last Days |
Last days of Joseph. Burial of Jacob. Embalming Joseph. |