Overview, Part 1 Of 2
Overview, Part 2 Of 2
Genesis
A. The Primeval History (Ge 1:1-11:26)
1. The Creation (Ge 1:1-2:3)
I.) Creation (Ge 1:1)
A.) The Original Creation [OR] The History Of Creation [OR] The Beginning [OR] The Creation [OR] Six Days Of Creation And The Sabbath [OR] Creation Of Heaven And Earth (Ge 1:1)
B.) Earth Made Waste And Empty By Judgment (Ge 1:2)
C.) The New Beginning (Ge 1:3)
1.) The First Day: Light Diffused [OR] Creation Of The Light (Ge 1:3)
2.) The Second Day: Vapor Above, Water Below [OR] Creation Of The Firmament (Ge 1:6)
3.) The Third Day: Land And Sea; Plant Life Appears [OR] The Earth Separated From The Waters (Ge 1:9)
4.) The Fourth Day: The Sun, Moon, And Stars Become Visible [OR] Creation Of The Sun, Moon And Stars (Ge 1:14)
5.) The Fifth Day: The Second Creative Act--Animal Life [OR] Creation Of Fish, Fowl, Beasts And Cattle (Ge 1:20)
6.) The Sixth Day (Ge 1:24)
(I.) The Fecundity Of The Earth After The Creative Work Of The Fifth Day (Ge 1:24)
(II.) The Creation Of Man [OR] Creation Man In The Image Of God (Ge 1:26)
D.) The First Dispensation: Innocency (Ge 1:28)
1.) The First, Or Edenic Covenant: Conditioned The Life Of Unfallen Man (Ge 1:28)
(I.) Provision For Food (Ge 1:29)
2.) The Sabbath Rest Of God: Type Of The Believer's Rest In The Finished Work Of Redemption [OR]
The First Sabbath (Ge 2:1)
2. The Creation of Man and Woman (Ge 2:4-25)
1.) Summary Of The Creation Work Of Chapter 1 [OR] Adam And Eve [OR] Another Account Of The Creation [OR] The Manner Of The Creation (Ge 2:4)
2.) The Creative Act Of Gen. 1:27 Described (Ge 2:7)
3.) The Habitation Of Unfallen Man, And The Edenic Covenant [OR] Life In God's Garden [OR] The Garden Of Eden, And The River Thereof (Ge 2:8)
(I.) The Tree Of Knowledge (Ge 2:17)
(II.) Naming The Creatures (Ge 2:19)
4.) The Method Of The Creation Of Woman [OR] The Making Of Woman And The Institution Of Marriage (Ge 2:21)
5.) Eve, Type Of The Church As Bride Of Christ (Ge 2:23)
3. The First Sin and the First Promise (Ge 3:1-24)
I.) The Fall and Redemption (Ge 3:1)
A.) The Temptation Of Eve (Ge 3:1)
1.) The Implied Doubt Of The Benevolence Of God [OR] The Temptation And Fall Of Man [OR] The Fall Of Man [OR] The First Sin And Its Punishment [OR] The Serpent's Deception And Man's Shameful Fall (Ge 3:1)
2.) Adding To The Word Of God (Ge 3:2)
3.) The First Lie (Ge 3:4)
4.) The Appeal To Pride (Ge 3:5)
5.) The Fall (Ge 3:6)
B.) The Seeking God. His Sabbath Rest Broken; His New Work Begun (Ge 3:8)
1.) God Arraigns Adam And Eve (Ge 3:9)
2.) The Second, Or Adamic Covenant [OR] The Serpent Is Cursed Above All Beasts (Ge 3:14)
(I.) The Promised Seed (Ge 3:15)
(II.) The Punishment God Promises For Mankind (Ge 3:16)
3.) The Faith Of Adam (Ge 3:20)
4.) The Response Of Jehovah Elohim To The Faith Of Adam (Ge 3:21)
5.) The Judgment Of The Expulsion Ends The First Dispensation (Ge 3:22)
C.) The Second Dispensation: Conscience [OR] Loss Of Paradise (Ge 3:23)
4. Cain Murders Abel (Ge 4:1-16)
A.) The First Sons Of Adam And Eve [OR] Cain Murders Abel [OR] Cain And Abel [OR] The Birth Of Cain And Abel (Ge 4:1)
B.) Cain Exhorted Even Yet To Bring A Sin-Offering (Ge 4:6)
I.) The Diverse Seeds, Cain and Seth, to the Flood (Ge 4:8)
A.) The First Murder: History Of Cain [OR] The Murder Of Abel (Ge 4:8)
1.) The Curse Of Cain (Ge 4:9)
B.) The First Civilization [OR] The Family Of Cain (Ge 4:16)
5. Cain's Ten Descendants-Cain to Lamech (Ge 4:17-24)
1.) Beginnings Of Civilization [OR] Enoch, The First City (Ge 4:17)
2.) Lamech And His Two Wives (Ge 4:19)
6. Adam's Godly Descendants-Adam to Enosh (Ge 4:25-26)
A.) The Birth Of Seth: The Spiritual Seed Renewed [OR] A New Son [OR] Birth Of Seth And Enos (Ge 4:25)
7. Adam's Ten Descendants-Adam to Noah (Ge 5:1-32)
B. Antediluvian Age
(Ge 5:1-6:8)
1.) The Family Of Adam [OR] From Adam To Noah [OR] Descendants Of Adam [OR] Adam's Descendants To Noah And His Sons [OR] Genealogy And Age Of The Patriarchs (Ge 5:1)
A.) The Family Of Seth (Ge 5:6)
1.) The Goss And Translation Of Enoch (Ge 5:24)
1. Evil Increases on the Earth (Ge 6:1-8)
A.) The Flood (Ge 6:1)
1.) The Marriage Of Cainites With Sethites [OR] The Wickedness And Judgment Of Man [OR] The Flood [OR] The Corruption Of Mankind [OR] The Wickedness Of Humankind [OR] The Wickedness Of The World (Ge 6:1)
2.) The Warning Of Jehovah (Ge 6:3)
3.) The Antediluvian Civilization (Ge 6:4)
4.) The Purpose Of Jehovah In Judgment (Ge 6:5)
5.) The Purpose Of Jehovah In Grace [OR] Noah Finds Grace [OR] Noah Pleases God (Ge 6:8)
2. Noah's Family and the Ship (Ge 6:9-22)
(I.) The Ark Prepared [OR] The Order, Form And Use Of The Ark (Ge 6:13)
3. The Flood (Ge 7:1-24)
1.) The Judgment Of The Flood: End Of Testing Under The Second Dispensation [OR] The Great Flood [OR] The Flood [OR] Noah, His Family And The Creatures, Enter The Ark (Ge 7:1)
(I.) The Flood (Ge 7:17)
4. God Remembers Noah (Ge 8:1-22)
I.) The Flood to Babel (Ge 8:1)
A.) The Flood Recedes [OR] Noah's Deliverance [OR] The Flood Subsides [OR] The Waters Subside (Ge 8:1)
1.) The Ark Rests On Ararat (Ge 8:4)
2.) The Raven And The Dove (Ge 8:7)
3.) Noah, Being Commanded (Ge 8:15)
4.) Goes Forth Out Of The Ark (Ge 8:18)
B.) The Third Dispensation: Human Government (Ge 8:20)
1.) The Third, Or Noahic Covenant [OR] God's Covenant With Creation [OR] God's Promise To Noah [OR] Noah Builds An Altar And Offers Sacrifice (Ge 8:20)
(I.) God Accepts And Promises To Curse The Earth No More (Ge 8:21)
5. God Blesses Noah and His Sons (Ge 9:1-7)
(I.) God's Promise To Noah [OR] God's Covenant With Noah [OR] Covenant Of The Rainbow [OR] The Covenant With Noah [OR] God Blesses Noah (Ge 9:1)
6. God's Promise-The Sign of the Rainbow (Ge 9:8-17)
(I.) God's Covenant Is Signified By The Rainbow (Ge 9:9)
7. Noah Curses Canaan but Blesses Shem and Japheth (Ge 9:18-29)
(I.) Noah And His Sons [OR] The Sons Of Noah [OR] Noah And His Sons (Ge 9:18)
(A.) Parenthetical: the shame of Noah and the sin of Ham [OR] Noah plants a vineyard, gets drunk and is mocked (Ge 9:20)
(B.) Conclusion of Noahic Covenant: the prophetic declaration (Ge 9:24)
(1.) Noah curses Canaan (Ge 9:25)
(2.) Noah blesses Shem (Ge 9:26)
(3.) Noah prays for Japheth, and dies (Ge 9:27)
(C.) The family of Noah (Ge 9:28)
8. The 14 Descendants of Japheth (Ge 10:1-5)
(1.) Nations Descended from Noah [OR] The Table of Nations [OR] Descendants of Noah [OR] Nations Descended from Noah [OR] The generations of Noah (Ge 10:1)
(2.) The Japhethites [OR] The sons of Japheth (Ge 10:2)
9. The 30 Descendants of Ham (Ge 10:6-20)
(1.) The Hamites [OR] The sons of Ham (Ge 10:6)
(2.) Nimrod, the first monarch (Ge 10:8)
10. The 26 Descendants of Shem (Ge 10:21-32)
(1.) The Semites [OR] The sons of Shem [OR] The Tower of Babel [OR] Universal Language, Babel, Confusion [OR] One language in the world (Ge 10:21)
11. The Tower of Babel (Ge 11:1-9)
(A.) The failure of man under the Noahic Covenant (Ge 11:1)
(1.) The building of Babel (Ge 11:3)
(B.) The judgment of the confusion of tongues. Life continues under the Adamic and Noahic Covenants [OR] The confusion of tongues (Ge 11:5)
12. The Ten Descendants of Shem-Shem to Terah (Ge 11:10-26)
a. Shem's Genealogy (Ge 11:10-26)
I.) From the call of Abram to the death of Joseph (Ge 11:10)
A.) The Ancestry Of Abram [OR] Shem's Descendants [OR] From Shem To Abram [OR] Descendants Of Shem [OR] The Generations Of Shem, The Father Of Abram (Ge 11:10)
C. The Patriarchal History (Ge 11:27-50:26)
1. Terah Moves to Haran (Ge 11:27-32)
a. Terah: Abraham and Isaac (Ge 11:27-25):11)
1.) Terah's Descendants [OR] Descendants Of Terah (Ge 11:27)
A.) Incomplete Obedience: The Wasted Years At Haran [OR] Terah Goes From Ur To Haran (Ge 11:31)
2. The LORD'S First Promise to Abram (Ge 12:1-3)
A.) The Fourth Dispensation: Promise: From The Call Of Abram To The Giving Of The Law (Ge 12:1)
1.) Abraham (Ge 12:1)
(I.) The Fourth, Or Abrahamic Covenant [OR] Promises To Abram [OR] The Call Of Abram [OR] Abram Journeys To Egypt [OR] God Calls Abram; Blesses Him With A Promise Of Christ (Ge 12:1)
3. The LORD'S Second Promise to Abram (Ge 12:4-9)
(A.) Abram in the land: worship, communion, and promise [OR] He departs with Lot from Haran (Ge 12:4)
(1.) Abram journeys through Canaan, which is promised him in a vision (Ge 12:6)
4. Abram Deceives Pharaoh (Ge 12:10-20)
(A.) Under trial Abram forsakes the place of blessing [OR] Abram to Egypt [OR] Abram in Egypt [OR] Abram and Sarai in Egypt [OR] He is driven by a famine into Egypt (Ge 12:10)
(1.) He represents his wife to be his sister (Ge 12:12)
(2.) Sarai is taken by Pharaoh, who is compelled by plagues to restore her (Ge 12:14)
5. Abram and Lot Separate (Ge 13:1-13)
(A.) Abram returns to the land and the altar [OR] Abram Inherits Canaan [OR] Abram and Lot Separate [OR] Abram and Lot [OR] Abram and Lot return out of Egypt and agree to separate (Ge 13:1)
(I.) Lot (Ge 13:5)
(A.) Abram's separation from Lot (Ge 13:5)
(B.) Lot's first step in backsliding [OR] Lot goes to Sodom (Ge 13:10)
(C.) Lot's second step in backsliding (Ge 13:12)
6. The LORD'S Third Promise to Abram (Ge 13:14-18)
(A.) The Abrahamic Covenant: the land given; natural posterity promised [OR] God renews the promise to Abram (Ge 13:14)
(1.) He removes to Hebron, and builds an altar (Ge 13:18)
7. Abram Rescues Lot (Ge 14:1-16)
(A.) Abram delivers Lot [OR] Lot's Captivity and Rescue [OR] Abram Rescues Lot [OR] War of the Kings [OR] The battle of four kings against five (Ge 14:1)
(1.) Lot is taken prisoner and is rescued by Abram (Ge 14:11)
8. Melchizedek Blesses Abram (Ge 14:17-24)
(I.) The Revelation Of God As El Elyon, "the Most High God, Possessor Of Heaven And Earth" [OR] God's Promise To Abram [OR] Abram Blessed By Melchizedek (Ge 14:17)
(A.) Abram and Melchizedek [OR] Melchizedek blesses him (Ge 14:18)
(B.) Abram gives him tithe (Ge 14:20)
(C.) He restores the rest to the king of Sodom [OR] God's Covenant With Abram [OR] Abram Promised a Son [OR] God encourages Abram (Ge 14:22)
9. The LORD'S Fourth Promise to Abram (Ge 15:1-21)
(A.) The Abrahamic Covenant confirmed: a spiritual seed promised (Ge 15:1)
(1.) Abram complains for lack of an heir (Ge 15:2)
(2.) God promises him a son and numerous progeny (Ge 15:4)
(3.) Abraham is justified by faith (Ge 15:6)
(4.) Canaan promised again (Ge 15:7)
(5.) and confirmed by a sign and a vision [OR] Hagar and Ishmael [OR] Sarai and Hagar [OR] The Birth of Ishmael [OR] Sarai, being barren, gives Hagar to Abram (Ge 15:9)
10. Abram and Hagar (Ge 16:1-16)
(A.) The birth of Ishmael (Ge 16:1)
(1.) Hagar despises her mistress, is punished, and runs away (Ge 16:4)
(2.) An angel sends her back, telling her she will bear a child (Ge 16:7)
(3.) Hagar bears a son who is named Ishmael (Ge 16:15)
11. The LORD'S Fifth Promise to Abraham (Ge 17:1-22)
(I.) The Revelation Of God As El Shaddai, Almighty God [OR] The Sign Of The Covenant [OR] The Covenant Of Circumcision [OR] Abraham And The Covenant Of Circumcision [OR] God Renews The Covenant With Abram (Ge 17:1)
(A.) Abram becomes Abraham (Ge 17:4)
(1.) Abram's name is changed, in token of a greater blessing (Ge 17:5)
(B.) The Abrahamic Covenant confirmed and made everlasting (Ge 17:6)
(C.) Circumcision established as the sign of the Abrahamic Covenant (Ge 17:9)
(1.) Circumcision is instituted (Ge 17:10)
(D.) The promise of Isaac, in whom the line of Christ runs [OR] Sarai's name is changed, and she is blessed (Ge 17:15)
(1.) Isaac is promised; God's covenant to be established through him (Ge 17:17)
(E.) Ishmael to be a nation (Ge 17:20)
12. Abraham's Household Circumcised (Ge 17:23-27)
(1.) Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised (Ge 17:23)
13. The LORD'S Sixth Promise to Abraham (Ge 18:1-15)
(I.) Abraham, "The Friend Of God" [OR] The Son Of Promise [OR] The Three Visitors [OR] Birth Of Isaac Promised [OR] A Son Promised To Abraham And Sarah [OR] The Lord Appears To Abraham (Ge 18:1)
(A.) Abraham entertains three angels (Ge 18:2)
(B.) Sarah is reproved for laughing at the strange promise (Ge 18:9)
14. The LORD Tells Abraham About His Plan (Ge 18:16-33)
(A.) Abraham Intercedes for Sodom [OR] Abraham Pleads for Sodom [OR] Judgment Pronounced on Sodom (Ge 18:16)
(B.) The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham (Ge 18:17)
(C.) Abraham the intercessor [OR] Abraham makes intercession for its people (Ge 18:23)
15. Lot's Guests Are Assaulted (Ge 19:1-11)
(A.) The destruction of Sodom. The third step in Lot's backsliding: a great man in Sodom [OR] Sodom's Depravity [OR] Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed [OR] The Doom of Sodom [OR] The Depravity of Sodom [OR] Lot entertains two angels (Ge 19:1)
(1.) The vicious Sodomites stricken with blindness [OR] Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed [OR] Lot is sent for safety into the mountains (Ge 19:4)
16. Lot Leaves Sodom, and the Cities Are Destroyed (Ge 19:12-29)
(1.) He obtains leave to go into Zoar (Ge 19:18)
(2.) Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed (Ge 19:24)
(3.) Lot's wife become a pillar of salt (Ge 19:26)
17. Lot's Daughters Have Sons by Their Father (Ge 19:30-38)
(1.) The Descendants of Lot [OR] Lot and His Daughters [OR] Lot Is Debased [OR] The Shameful Origin of Moab and Ammon [OR] Lot dwells in a cave (Ge 19:30)
(2.) The birth of Moah and Ammon [OR] Abraham and Abimelech [OR] Abraham's Treachery [OR] Abraham and Sarah at Gerar [OR] Abraham at Gerar (Ge 19:31)
(A.) The last step in Lot's backsliding (Ge 19:33)
18. Abraham Deceives Abimelech (Ge 20:1-18)
(I.) Abraham's Lapse At Gerar (Ge 20:1)
(A.) denies his wife, and loses her (Ge 20:2)
(B.) Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream and rebukes Abraham (Ge 20:3)
(C.) He restores Sarah (Ge 20:14)
(D.) and is healed by Abraham's prayer (Ge 20:17)
19. God Provides for Hagar and Ishmael (Ge 21:1-21)
1.) Abraham And Isaac (Ge 21:1)
(I.) The Birth Of Isaac [OR] Isaac Is Born (Ge 21:1)
(A.) He is circumcised (Ge 21:4)
(B.) Sarah's joy (Ge 21:6)
(C.) Hagar and Ishmael Depart [OR] Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away (Ge 21:8)
(II.) The Bondwoman And Her Son Cast Out [OR] Sarah Turns Against Hagar [OR] Hagar And Ishmael Are Expelled (Ge 21:9)
(A.) They are in distress (Ge 21:15)
(B.) The angel comforts her (Ge 21:17)
20. Abraham's Agreement With Abimelech (Ge 21:22-34)
(I.) Abraham At Beer-sheba [OR] A Covenant With Abimelech [OR] The Treaty Of Beersheba [OR] Covenant With Abimelech [OR] Abraham And Abimelech Make A Covenant [OR] Abimelech And Abraham Make A Covenant (Ge 21:22)
21. God Tests Abraham (Ge 22:1-14)
(A.) The offering of Isaac [OR] Abraham's Faith Confirmed [OR] Abraham Tested [OR] The Command to Sacrifice Isaac [OR] God, testing Abraham's faith, commands him to sacrifice Isaac (Ge 22:1)
(1.) Abraham gives proof of faith and obedience (Ge 22:3)
(2.) The angel stops him (Ge 22:11)
(3.) The place is called Jehovah-jireh (Ge 22:14)
22. The LORD'S Seventh Promise to Abraham (Ge 22:15-19)
(A.) The Abrahamic Covenant confirmed [OR] Abraham is again blessed (Ge 22:15)
23. Abraham Learns of Nahor's Descendants (Ge 22:20-24)
(1.) The Family of Nahor [OR] Nahor's Sons [OR] The Children of Nahor [OR] The generation of Nahor to Rebekah (Ge 22:20)
24. Sarah's Death (Ge 23:1-20)
(I.) The Death And Burial Of Sarah [OR] Sarah's Death And Burial [OR] The Death Of Sarah [OR] Death And Burial Of Sarah [OR] The Age And Death Of Sarah (Ge 23:1)
(A.) The purchase of Machpelah, where Sarah was buried (Ge 23:3)
25. Abraham Instructs His Servant (Ge 24:1-10)
(I.) A Bride For Isaac [OR] Isaac And Rebekah [OR] The Marriage Of Isaac And Rebekah [OR] Abraham Swears His Servant (Ge 24:1)
(A.) The servant's journey (Ge 24:10)
26. Abraham's Servant Finds a Wife for Isaac (Ge 24:11-61)
(A.) His prayer (Ge 24:12)
(B.) His sign (Ge 24:14)
(C.) Rebekah Is Chosen [OR] Rebekah meets him, fulfilling his sign (Ge 24:15)
(D.) He gives her jewels (Ge 24:22)
(E.) She reveals her relationship (Ge 24:23)
(F.) and offers hospitality (Ge 24:25)
(G.) The servant blesses God (Ge 24:26)
(H.) Laban entertains him (Ge 24:28)
(I.) The servant explains his mission (Ge 24:33)
(J.) Laban and Bethuel give their approval (Ge 24:50)
(K.) Isaac Marries Rebekah (Ge 24:61)
27. Isaac and Rebekah Are Married (Ge 24:62-67)
(A.) The meeting of Isaac and Rebekah (Ge 24:62)
28. Abraham's Second Marriage and His Death (Ge 25:1-11)
(I.) Abraham Weds Keturah [OR] Abraham And Keturah [OR] The Death Of Abraham [OR] Abraham's Death [OR] Abraham Marries Keturah [OR] The Sons Of Abraham By Keturah (Ge 25:1)
(II.) Isaac Heir Of All Things [OR] The Division Of His Goods (Ge 25:5)
(III.) The Death Of Abraham [OR] Abraham's Death And Burial [OR] The Age, Death, And Burial Of Abraham (Ge 25:7)
29. The 12 Tribes of Ishmael (Ge 25:12-18)
(I.) The Generations Of Ishmael [OR] The Families Of Ishmael And Isaac [OR] Ishmael's Sons [OR] Descendants Of Ishmael [OR] Ishmael's Descendants (Ge 25:12)
30. Esau and Jacob (Ge 25:19-34)
(I.) The Generations Of Isaac [OR] Jacob And Esau [OR] Isaac's Sons [OR] The Birth And Youth Of Esau And Jacob [OR] Isaac Prays That The Barrenness Of Rebekah Be Healed (Ge 25:19)
(A.) Two children strive in her womb (Ge 25:22)
1.) Jacob And Esau (Ge 25:24)
(I.) The Birth Of Esau And Jacob [OR] Esau Sells His Birthright [OR] Isaac And Abimelech [OR] Isaac Settles In Gerar [OR] Because Of Famine, Isaac Goes To Gerar (Ge 25:24)
(II.) The Sale Of The Birthright (Ge 25:27)
31. The LORD'S First Promise to Isaac (Ge 26:1-6)
(I.) The Abrahamic Covenant Confirmed To Isaac (Ge 26:1)
(A.) God guides and blesses him (Ge 26:2)
(II.) The Lapse Of Isaac (Ge 26:6)
32. Isaac and Rebekah at Gerar (Ge 26:7-22)
(A.) He denies his wife and is reproved by Abimelech (Ge 26:7)
(B.) He grows rich (Ge 26:12)
(I.) Isaac The Well-digger (Ge 26:17)
(A.) Quarrel over the Wells [OR] He digs three wells (Ge 26:18)
33. The LORD'S Second Promise to Isaac (Ge 26:23-25)
(A.) God appears to him at Beer-sheba (Ge 26:23)
34. Isaac's Agreement With Abimelech (Ge 26:26-33)
(A.) Covenant with Abimelech (Ge 26:26)
(B.) Isaac and Abimelech make a covenant at Beer-sheba (Ge 26:28)
35. Esau's Marriages (Ge 26:34-35)
(A.) Esau's Hittite Wives [OR] Esau's wives (Ge 26:34)
36. Jacob Gets Isaac's Blessing (Ge 27:1-46)
(I.) The Stolen Blessing [OR] Isaac Blesses Jacob [OR] Jacob Gets Isaac's Blessing [OR] Jacob's Deception [OR] Isaac Sends Esau For Venison (Ge 27:1)
(A.) Rebekah and Jacob conspire to obtain Isaac's blessing (Ge 27:6)
(B.) Jacob, disguised as Esau, is blessed (Ge 27:15)
(C.) The blessing of Jacob (Ge 27:26)
(1.) Esau's Lost Hope [OR] The Stolen Blessing [OR] Esau's Lost Blessing [OR] Esau brings venison to his father (Ge 27:30)
(D.) Esau's unavailing remorse [OR] He complains, and by pleading obtains a blessing also (Ge 27:34)
(1.) Jacob Escapes from Esau [OR] Jacob Flees to Laban [OR] Jacob Escapes Esau's Fury [OR] He threatens to slay Jacob (Ge 27:41)
(2.) who for safety is sent to Laban (Ge 27:43)
37. Isaac Sends Jacob Away (Ge 28:1-9)
1.) Jacob (Ge 28:1)
(I.) Jacob At Bethel: The Abrahamic Covenant Confirmed To Him [OR] Jacob Is Sent Away [OR] Isaac Blesses Jacob And Sends Him To Padan-aram (Ge 28:1)
(A.) Esau Marries Mahalath [OR] Esau Marries Ishmael's Daughter [OR] Esau marries Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael (Ge 28:6)
38. Jacob's First Encounter With God (Ge 28:10-22)
(A.) Jacob's Vow at Bethel [OR] Jacob's Dream at Bethel [OR] Jacob's Dream [OR] Jacob's vision of the ladder (Ge 28:10)
(B.) The stone of Beth-el (Ge 28:18)
(C.) Jacob's vow (Ge 28:20)
39. Jacob's Arrival in Haran [29:1-14a] (Ge 29:1-14)
(I.) Jacob's Years At Haran [OR] Jacob Meets Rachel [OR] Jacob Arrives In Paddan Aram [OR] Jacob Comes To The Well Of Haran (Ge 29:1)
(A.) He meets Rachel by the well (Ge 29:9)
(B.) He is entertained by Laban (Ge 29:13)
40. Jacob Obtains Wives [29:14b-30] (Ge 29:15-30)
(A.) Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel [OR] Jacob Marries Laban's Daughters (Ge 29:15)
(B.) Covenanting for Rachel (Ge 29:18)
(C.) Laban's Treachery (Ge 29:21)
(D.) he is deceived with Leah (Ge 29:23)
(E.) He marries Rachel also (Ge 29:28)
41. Leah and Rachel Compete for Jacob's Love (Ge 29:31-30:24)
(A.) The Children of Jacob [OR] Jacob's Children (Ge 29:31)
(B.) Leah bears Reuben (Ge 29:32)
(C.) Simeon (Ge 29:33)
(D.) Levi (Ge 29:34)
(E.) and Judah (Ge 29:35)
(F.) Jacob's Children [OR] The Sons of Jacob [OR] Rachel gives Bilhah to Jacob (Ge 30:1)
(G.) She bears Dan and Naphtali (Ge 30:5)
(H.) Leah gives Zilpah, who bears Gad and Asher (Ge 30:9)
(I.) Reuben finds mandrakes (Ge 30:14)
(J.) Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah (Ge 30:17)
(K.) Rachel bears Joseph (Ge 30:22)
42. Jacob's Flocks Prosper (Ge 30:25-43)
(A.) Jacob's Agreement with Laban [OR] Jacob's Flocks Increase [OR] Jacob Prospers [OR] Jacob Prospers at Laban's Expense [OR] Jacob is denied permission to depart (Ge 30:25)
(B.) Jacob's policy, whereby he became rich [OR] Jacob Flees From Laban [OR] Jacob Leaves Secretly for Canaan [OR] Jacob Flees with Family and Flocks [OR] Jacob leaves Laban secretly (Ge 30:37)
43. Jacob's Second and Third Encounters With God (Ge 31:1-16)
(I.) Parenthesis (Ge 31:11)
(A.) The call back to Bethel (Ge 31:11)
(B.) The flight of Jacob (Ge 31:14)
44. Laban and Jacob Make Peace (Ge 31:17-55)
(1.) Rachel steals her father's images [OR] Laban Pursues Jacob [OR] Laban Overtakes Jacob [OR] Laban pursues him, and complains of the wrong (Ge 31:19)
(2.) Jacob's complaint against Laban (Ge 31:36)
(3.) Laban's Covenant with Jacob [OR] The Covenant of Mizpah [OR] Laban and Jacob Make a Covenant [OR] They make a covenant at Galeed (Ge 31:43)
45. Jacob Sends Messages and Gifts to Esau (Ge 32:1-21)
(I.) Jacob ("supplanter") Becomes Israel ("a Prince With God") [OR] Esau Comes To Meet Jacob [OR] Jacob Prepares To Meet Esau [OR] Jacob's Fear Of Esau [OR] Jacob Calls The Place Of His Vision, Mahanaim (Ge 32:1)
(A.) Jacob Sends Presents to Appease Esau [OR] His message to Esau (Ge 32:3)
(B.) Jacob fears to meet Esau (Ge 32:6)
(C.) He prays for deliverance (Ge 32:9)
(D.) He sends a present to Esau (Ge 32:13)
46. Jacob's Fourth Encounter With God-He Wrestles With God (Ge 32:22-32)
(A.) Wrestling with God [OR] Jacob Wrestles With God [OR] Jacob Wrestles at Peniel (Ge 32:22)
(B.) Jacob Wrestles [OR] Jacob wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where his name is changed to Israel (Ge 32:24)
(C.) Jacob is lame (Ge 32:31)
47. Jacob Meets Esau (Ge 33:1-20)
(I.) Jacob Meets Esau [OR] Jacob And Esau Meet [OR] Jacob And Esau Meet In Kindness And Brotherly Love (Ge 33:1)
(A.) Jacob goes to Succoth (Ge 33:17)
(II.) Jacob's Worship In Self-will [OR] Jacob Comes To Canaan [OR] Jacob Settles In Shechem [OR] Jacob Reaches Shechem [OR] He Buys A Field And Builds An Altar (Ge 33:18)
48. Dinah Is Raped (Ge 34:1-31)
(I.) Jacob Reaps The Harvest Of His Evil Years [OR] The Dinah Incident [OR] Dinah And The Shechemites [OR] The Treachery Of Jacob's Sons [OR] The Rape Of Dinah [OR] Dinah Is Ravished By Shechem (Ge 34:1)
(A.) He sues to marry her (Ge 34:4)
(B.) The sons of Jacob agree on condition that the Shechemites be circumcised (Ge 34:13)
(C.) Hamor and Shechem persuade their people to accept the condition (Ge 34:20)
(D.) Dinah's Brothers Avenge Their Sister [OR] The sons of Jacob take advantage of their tenderness and slay the Shechemites (Ge 34:25)
(E.) and spoil their city (Ge 34:27)
(F.) Jacob reproves Simeon and Levi (Ge 34:30)
49. Jacob's Fifth Encounter With God (Ge 35:1-8)
(I.) Jacob's Return To Bethel: Communion And Promise Restored [OR] Jacob's Return To Bethel [OR] Jacob Returns To Bethel [OR] Jacob Moves To Bethel [OR] God Sends Jacob To Beth-el (Ge 35:1)
(A.) He purges his house of idols (Ge 35:2)
(B.) He builds an altar unto God at Beth-el (Ge 35:6)
(C.) Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dies at Allon-bachuth (Ge 35:8)
50. Jacob's Sixth Encounter With God-His Name Changed to Israel (Ge 35:9-15)
(A.) Jacob Is Named Israel [OR] God bless Jacob at Beth-el (Ge 35:9)
51. Jacob's [Israel's] Sons (Ge 35:16-29)
(I.) Death Of Rachel And Birth Of Benjamin [OR] Death Of Rachel [OR] The Deaths Of Rachel And Isaac [OR] The Birth Of Benjamin And The Death Of Rachel [OR] Rachel Bears Benjamin And Dies (Ge 35:16)
(A.) Jacob's Twelve Sons [OR] The Sons of Israel [OR] Reuben lies with Bilhah (Ge 35:22)
(B.) The sons of Jacob (Ge 35:23)
(II.) Death Of Isaac [OR] The Death Of Isaac [OR] Jacob Comes To Isaac At Hebron (Ge 35:27)
(A.) The age, death, and burial of Isaac (Ge 35:28)
52. The Origin of Edom (Ge 36:1-43)
a. Esau Summary (Ge 36:1-36:8)
(I.) The Generations Of Esau (edom) [OR] The Family Of Esau [OR] Esau's Descendants [OR] Esau Moves [OR] Esau's Three Wives (Ge 36:1)
b. Esau Genealogy (Ge 36:9-37:1)
(A.) His sons (Ge 36:9)
(B.) Descendants of Esau (Ge 36:10)
(C.) The Chiefs of Edom [OR] Clans and Kings of Edom [OR] The dukes descended from his sons (Ge 36:15)
(D.) The Sons of Seir [OR] The children of Seir (Ge 36:20)
(E.) The Kings of Edom [OR] The Rulers of Edom [OR] The kings of Edom (Ge 36:31)
(F.) The Chiefs of Esau [OR] The dukes descended from Esau (Ge 36:40)
53. Joseph's Brothers Sell Him Into Slavery (Ge 37:1-36)
(I.) The History Of Jacob Resumed [OR] Joseph Dreams To Greatness [OR] Joseph's Dreams [OR] Joseph's Dream [OR] Joseph Dreams Of Greatness [OR] Jacob In Canaan (Ge 37:1)
1.) Joseph (Ge 37:2)
(I.) Joseph, The Beloved Of His Father [OR] Joseph Is Hated By His Brothers (Ge 37:2)
(A.) His two dreams [OR] Joseph Sold by His Brothers [OR] Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers (Ge 37:5)
(II.) Joseph Hated And Rejected By His Brethren (Ge 37:8)
(A.) Jacob sends Joseph to Shechem. His brothers conspire to slay him, but Reuben saves him (Ge 37:13)
(B.) The Plot against Joseph (Ge 37:18)
(III.) Joseph Cast Into The Place Of Death (Ge 37:20)
(A.) He is sold to Ishmeelites (Ge 37:26)
(IV.) Joseph, Drawn Up From The Pit, Goes To The Gentiles (Ge 37:28)
(A.) His father, deceived by his bloodstained coat, mourns his death (Ge 37:31)
(B.) Joseph is sold to Potiphar in Egypt [OR] Judah and Tamar [OR] Judah begets Er, Onan, and Shelah (Ge 37:36)
54. Judah's Sin With Tamar (Ge 38:1-30)
(I.) Parenthesis: The Shame Of Judah (Ge 38:1)
(A.) Er marries Tamar (Ge 38:6)
(B.) The trespass of Onan (Ge 38:8)
(C.) Tamar waits for Shelah (Ge 38:11)
(D.) She deceives Judah (Ge 38:13)
(E.) She bears him twins, Pharez and Zarah (Ge 38:27)
55. Joseph in Potiphar's House (Ge 39:1-23)
(I.) Joseph Tested By Adversity [OR] Joseph A Slave In Egypt [OR] Joseph And Potiphar's Wife [OR] Joseph's Success In Egypt [OR] Joseph Is Promoted In Potiphar's House (Ge 39:1)
(A.) He resists the temptation of his mistress (Ge 39:7)
(B.) He is falsely accused (Ge 39:13)
(C.) Joseph Imprisoned [OR] Joseph in prison (Ge 39:19)
(D.) God is with him there (Ge 39:21)
56. Joseph in Prison (Ge 40:1-23)
(A.) The Prisoners' Dreams [OR] The Cupbearer and the Baker [OR] Joseph Interprets a Dream [OR] The Dreams of Two Prisoners [OR] The butler and the baker of Pharaoh with Joseph in prison (Ge 40:1)
(B.) He has charge of them (Ge 40:4)
(C.) and interprets their dreams (Ge 40:5)
(D.) Their dreams come to pass according to Joseph's interpretation (Ge 40:20)
(E.) The ingratitude of the butler [OR] Pharaoh's Dreams [OR] Pharaoh's Dream [OR] Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream [OR] Pharaoh's first dream (Ge 40:23)
57. Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams (Ge 41:1-32)
(I.) The Dream Of Pharaoh (Ge 41:1)
(A.) Pharaoh's second dream (Ge 41:5)
(B.) Joseph interprets them (Ge 41:9)
(II.) Joseph's Exaltation In Egypt [OR] Joseph Interprets (Ge 41:14)
(A.) Joseph foretells the famine (Ge 41:25)
58. Joseph Advises Pharaoh (Ge 41:33-45)
(A.) He gives Pharaoh counsel [OR] Joseph's Rise to Power (Ge 41:33)
(B.) Joseph Is Made a Ruler of Egypt [OR] Joseph is promoted (Ge 41:38)
(C.) Joseph in Charge of Egypt (Ge 41:41)
(I.) Joseph, Rejected By His Brethren, Receives A Gentile Bride (Ge 41:45)
59. Joseph Serves Pharaoh (Ge 41:46-57)
(A.) The Sons of Joseph [OR] He begets Manasseh and Ephraim (Ge 41:50)
(B.) The famine begins [OR] Joseph's Brothers Go to Egypt [OR] Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt [OR] Jacob sends his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt (Ge 41:54)
60. Jacob [Israel] Sends Ten Sons to Egypt (Ge 42:1-5)
(I.) Joseph, Rejected By His Brethren, Preserves Them (Ge 42:1)
61. Joseph Sends Nine of His Brothers Back to Canaan (Ge 42:6-28)
(A.) They are accused as spies (Ge 42:9)
(B.) and imprisoned (Ge 42:17)
(C.) All are freed except Simeon on condition that they return and bring Benjamin (Ge 42:18)
(D.) They have remorse for Joseph (Ge 42:21)
(E.) The Brothers Return to Canaan [OR] They return home and recount their experience (Ge 42:25)
(F.) Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan (Ge 42:26)
62. Jacob's [Israel's] Sons Report to Him (Ge 42:29-38)
(A.) Simeon Is Held Hostage (Ge 42:29)
(B.) They find their money in their sacks (Ge 42:35)
63. Jacob [Israel] Sends Ten Sons Back to Egypt (Ge 43:1-15)
(A.) Joseph's Brothers Return with Benjamin [OR] The Second Journey to Egypt [OR] The Return to Egypt [OR] The Brothers Come Again, Bringing Benjamin [OR] Jacob is persuaded to send Benjamin (Ge 43:1)
(B.) Joseph entertains his brothers (Ge 43:15)
64. The Banquet at Joseph's House (Ge 43:16-34)
(A.) Joseph Sees Benjamin (Ge 43:16)
(B.) They feast together (Ge 43:31)
65. Joseph's Plan to Trap His Brothers (Ge 44:1-17)
(A.) Joseph's Cup [OR] A Silver Cup in a Sack [OR] The Brothers Are Brought Back [OR] Joseph Detains Benjamin [OR] Joseph's policy to delay his brothers (Ge 44:1)
(B.) Judah pleads for Benjamin's release (Ge 44:14)
66. Judah Defends Benjamin (Ge 44:18-34)
(A.) Judah Intercedes for Benjamin [OR] Judah Pleads for Benjamin's Release (Ge 44:18)
67. Joseph Reveals His Identity (Ge 45:1-15)
(I.) Joseph Reveals Himself To His Brethren [OR] Joseph Revealed To His Brothers [OR] Joseph Makes Himself Known [OR] Joseph Deals Kindly With His Brothers [OR] Joseph Reveals Himself To His Brothers (Ge 45:1)
(A.) He comforts them in God's providence (Ge 45:5)
(B.) He sends for his father (Ge 45:9)
68. Pharaoh Invites Jacob's [Israel's] Family to Live in Egypt (Ge 45:16-28)
(I.) Joseph's Brethren Blessed And Sent To Jacob [OR] Pharaoh Is Pleased (Ge 45:16)
(A.) Joseph provides for their journey, sending gifts for his father (Ge 45:21)
(B.) Jacob is revived with the news that Joseph is alive (Ge 45:25)
69. Jacob's [Israel's] Seventh Encounter With God (Ge 46:1-7)
(I.) Jacob Journeys To Egypt [OR] Jacob's Journey To Egypt [OR] Jacob Goes To Egypt [OR] Jacob Moves To Egypt [OR] Jacob Brings His Whole Family To Egypt [OR] Jacob Is Comforted By God At Beer-sheba (Ge 46:1)
(A.) He journeys to Egypt (Ge 46:5)
70. Jacob's [Israel's] Descendants (Ge 46:8-27)
(A.) Those Who Came to Egypt [OR] The number of his family who went into Egypt [OR] Jacob Settles in Goshen [OR] Joseph comes to meet his father (Ge 46:8)
71. Joseph and Jacob [Israel] Reunited (Ge 46:28-34)
(A.) He instructs his brothers how to answer Pharaoh (Ge 46:31)
72. Jacob [Israel] Meets Pharaoh (Ge 47:1-12)
(I.) Jacob And His Descendants Exalted [OR] Jacob's Family Settles In Goshen [OR] Joseph Presents Five Of His Brothers (Ge 47:1)
(A.) and his father before Pharaoh (Ge 47:7)
(B.) He provides for them (Ge 47:11)
73. Joseph Acquires All the Land in Egypt for Pharaoh (Ge 47:13-26)
(A.) Joseph Deals with the Famine [OR] Joseph and the Famine [OR] The Famine in Egypt [OR] Joseph collects the Egyptian's money (Ge 47:13)
(B.) their cattle (Ge 47:16)
(C.) and their lands for Pharaoh (Ge 47:18)
(D.) Result of the Famine (Ge 47:20)
(E.) The lands are rented for a fifth of the harvest (Ge 47:23)
74. Jacob's [Israel's] Last Days in Egypt (Ge 47:27-31)
(I.) The Last Days Of Jacob [OR] Joseph's Vow To Jacob (Ge 47:27)
(A.) Joseph's promise to bury Jacob with his fathers (Ge 47:29)
75. Jacob [Israel] Blesses Joseph's Two Sons (Ge 48:1-22)
(A.) Jacob Blesses Joseph's Sons [OR] Manasseh and Ephraim [OR] Israel's Last Days [OR] Jacob Blesses Joseph's Sons [OR] Joseph brings his sons to Jacob (Ge 48:1)
(B.) Jacob tells of God's promise (Ge 48:3)
(C.) He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own (Ge 48:5)
(D.) He tells of Rachel's grave (Ge 48:7)
(E.) He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, preferring the younger to the elder (Ge 48:9)
(F.) He foretells the return of his sons to Canaan (Ge 48:21)
76. Jacob [Israel] Blesses His 12 Sons (Ge 49:1-33)
(I.) Jacob's Dying Blessing: Prophetic Of The Tribes Of Israel [OR] Jacob's Last Words To His Sons [OR] Jacob Blesses His Sons [OR] Israel's Prophecy Concerning His Sons [OR] Jacob Calls His Sons To Bless Them (Ge 49:1)
(A.) Their individual blessings (Ge 49:3)
(B.) Jacob's Death and Burial [OR] The Death of Jacob [OR] Jacob's Death and Burial [OR] Jacob charges his sons concerning his burial, and dies (Ge 49:29)
77. Joseph Buries His Father (Ge 50:1-14)
(I.) The Burial Of Jacob [OR] The Death Of Israel [OR] The Mourning For Jacob (Ge 50:1)
(A.) Joseph has permission to go bury his father (Ge 50:4)
(B.) Burial at Machpelah [OR] Joseph Reassures His Brothers [OR] Joseph Forgives His Brothers [OR] Joseph comforts his brothers (Ge 50:12)
78. Joseph Forgives His Brothers (Ge 50:15-26)
(I.) The Fear Of Joseph's Brethren (Ge 50:15)
(II.) The Last Days And Death Of Joseph [OR] Death Of Joseph [OR] The Death Of Joseph [OR] Joseph's Last Days And Death [OR] Joseph's Age (Ge 50:22)
(A.) He foretells his brothers' departure from this land (Ge 50:24)
(B.) Joseph dies and is put in a coffin (Ge 50:26)
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