Genesis

When: creation until Joseph's death (ca. 1805 BC)

Author: Moses, (technically anonymous)

Written: ca. 1445 BC possibly during the wilderness sojourn

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…”).

The Creation (1:1 - 2:3)

Man and Woman in the Garden (2:4 - 2:25)

The Temptation and the Fall (3:1 - 3:7)

Sins Consequences (3:8 - 3:24)

Cain Murders Abel (4:1 - 4:16)

The Line of Cain (4:17 - 4:26)

The Line of Seth (5:1 - 5:32)

Sons of God and Daughters of Mankind (6:1 - 6:4)

Judgment Decreed (6:5 - 6:8)

God Warns Noah (6:9 - 6:22)

Jacob's Burial (50:1 - 50-14)

Joseph's Kindness (50:15 - 50:21)

Joseph's Death (50-22 - 50-26)