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Table of Contents

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

  • 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)
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