[[bible-study:index|Bible Study Index]] ====== Genesis ====== ===== Details ===== * When: creation until Joseph's death (ca. 1805 BC) * Author: Moses, (technically anonymous) * Written: ca. 1445 BC possibly during the wilderness sojourn ===== Notes ===== * The first five books of the Bible are called the Torah (Hebrew), the Pentateuch (Greek) or the Law (English). * The contents were possibly revealed to Moses along with the Ten Commandments. * Some scholars believe that Moses wrote the first-person content ("I..."), while another author wrote the third-person content ("Moses..."). ===== Outline ===== ==== Chapter 1 ==== * The Creation (1:1 - 2:3) ==== Chapter 2 ==== * Man and Woman in the Garden (2:4 - 2:25) ==== Chapter 3 ==== * The Temptation and the Fall (3:1 - 3:7) * Sins Consequences (3:8 - 3:24) ==== Chapter 4 ==== * Cain Murders Abel (4:1 - 4:16) * The Line of Cain (4:17 - 4:26) ==== Chapter 5 ==== * The Line of Seth (5:1 - 5:32) ==== Chapter 6 ==== * Sons of God and Daughters of Mankind (6:1 - 6:4) * Judgment Decreed (6:5 - 6:8) * God Warns Noah (6:9 - 6:22) ==== Chapter 50 ==== * [[.:genesis-050|Jacob's Burial]] (50:1 - 50-14) * [[.:genesis-050|Joseph's Kindness]] (50:15 - 50:21) * [[.:genesis-050|Joseph's Death]] (50-22 - 50-26)