Genesis: Book of Beginnings

Genesis: The Book of Beginnings

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Copyright 2014 Russell Sherrard

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Study of Genesis Chapter 1

Chapter 2: Study of Genesis Chapter 2

Chapter 3: Study of Genesis Chapter 3

Chapter 4: Study of Genesis Chapter 4

Chapter 5: Study of Genesis Chapter 5

Chapter 6: Study of Genesis Chapter 6

Chapter 7: Study of Genesis Chapter 7

Chapter 8: Study of Genesis Chapter 8

Chapter 9: Study of Genesis Chapter 9

Chapter 10: Study of Genesis Chapter 10

Chapter 11: Study of Genesis Chapter 11

Chapter 12: Study of Genesis Chapter 12

Chapter 13: Study of Genesis Chapter 13

Chapter 14: Study of Genesis Chapter 14

Chapter 15: Study of Genesis Chapter 15

Chapter 16: Study of Genesis Chapter 16

Chapter 17: Study of Genesis Chapter 17

Chapter 18: Study of Genesis Chapter 18

Chapter 19: Study of Genesis Chapter 19

Chapter 20: Study of Genesis Chapter 20

Chapter 21: Study of Genesis Chapter 21

Chapter 22: Study of Genesis Chapter 22

Chapter 23: Study of Genesis Chapter 23

Chapter 24: Study of Genesis Chapter 24

Chapter 25: Study of Genesis Chapter 25

Chapter 26: Study of Genesis Chapter 26

Chapter 27: Study of Genesis Chapter 27

Chapter 28: Study of Genesis Chapter 28

Chapter 29: Study of Genesis Chapter 29

Chapter 30: Study of Genesis Chapter 30

Chapter 31: Study of Genesis Chapter 31

Chapter 32: Study of Genesis Chapter 32

Chapter 33: Study of Genesis Chapter 33

Chapter 34: Study of Genesis Chapter 34

Chapter 35: Study of Genesis Chapter 35

Chapter 36: Study of Genesis Chapter 36

Chapter 37: Study of Genesis Chapter 37

Chapter 38: Study of Genesis Chapter 38

Chapter 39: Study of Genesis Chapter 39

Chapter 40: Study of Genesis Chapter 40

Chapter 41: Study of Genesis Chapter 41

Chapter 42: Study of Genesis Chapter 42

Chapter 43: Study of Genesis Chapter 43

Chapter 44: Study of Genesis Chapter 44

Chapter 45: Study of Genesis Chapter 45

Chapter 46: Study of Genesis Chapter 46

Chapter 47: Study of Genesis Chapter 47

Chapter 48: Study of Genesis Chapter 48

Chapter 49: Study of Genesis Chapter 49

Chapter 50: Study of Genesis Chapter 50

This book is a Study Guide for the Book of Genesis in the Holy Bible. The Bible text used for the study is the King James Version (KJV). It is fitting that we should start with Genesis, which is the book of Beginnings. Genesis: The Book of Beginnings is the first book in this series of Journey Through the Bible.

Genesis

Author: Moses

Time: Creation to 1580 B.C.

Summary: Genesis means the beginning and it is a book of beginnings. It records the creation of the world and the beginning of the nation of Israel. Chapters 12-50 focus on one man, Abraham, and his descendants. Abraham, his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob are called the patriarchs of Israel. Jacob's twelve sons are the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel. Through Joseph, one of Jacob's sons, the whole family settles in Egypt.

Key verses: God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. (1:31)

The Lord had said to Abram, 'Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you . . . and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.' (12:1-3)

Main people: Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph.

Genesis Outline:

1. The Earliest of History 1:1-11:26

     a) Creation 1:1-2:3

     b) Adam and Eve in Eden 2:4-25

     c) The first sin and its consequences 3:1-24

     d) Cain and Abel 4:1-16

     e) Two genealogies 4:17-5:32

     f) The great flood 6:1-9:29

     g) The spread of nations 10:1-11:26

2. Patriarchal History 11:27-50:26

     a) The life of Abraham 11:27-25:11

     b) The descendants of Ishmael 25:12-18

     c) The life of Jacob 25:19-35:29

     d) The descendants of Esau 36:1-37:1

     e) The life of Joseph 37:2-50:26

The word Genesis means origin or creation. Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament, is a book of beginnings. It has been said that every major doctrine has its seed or beginning in Genesis. For example, the material universe, the human race, sin, the promise of the Messiah, languages and the Hebrew nation all have their beginnings in the book of Genesis. For this reason Genesis is called the seed pot of the whole Bible. Every great fact, truth and revelation is found in this book in germ form. The book of Genesis is essential to the understanding of all the other books of the Bible.

Moses wrote the book of Genesis about 1500 years before Christ. Moses received the oracles directly from God. They were not handed down by word-of-mouth (Acts 7: 37, 38). God can just as easily tell a person the past as he can the future. The book Genesis covers a time period of nearly 2500 years, from the Creation to the journey of Israel into Egypt.

There is no substitute for you reading the Bible directly for yourself. The Holy Spirit can speak directly to you as you read the Word. However, some people who read the Bible are like the man in Acts 8:26-39. When asked, Do you understand what you are reading? he replied How can I, unless someone guides me? To help you understand the Bible, God has given pastors, evangelists and teachers. In addition a series of study questions can guide you through the Scriptures. These study questions should be a great tool in increasing your knowledge of God and His Word.

Chapter 1: Study of Genesis Chapter 1

Overview

Gen 1:1 God creates heaven and earth

Gen 1:3 the light

Gen 1:6 the firmament

Gen 1:9 separates the dry land

Gen 1:14 forms the sun, moon, and stars

Gen 1:20 fishes and fowls

Gen 1:24 cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things

Gen 1:26 creates man in his own image, blesses him

Gen 1:29 grants the fruits of the earth for food

Please Read Genesis Chapter 1

Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Gen 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Gen 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Gen 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Gen 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Gen 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Gen 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Gen 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

Gen 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Gen 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Gen 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Gen 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

Gen 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

Gen 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Gen 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Gen 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Gen 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Gen 1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

Gen 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

After reading the scripture, please answer the related review questions. If, after reading the scripture and trying to answer the question you find that you can't answer the questions please find the answers in Appendix 1.

Review Questions

1. Who is sole creator of everything?

2. What was the condition of the earth in the beginning?

3. What did God create or do in each of the creative days?

4. What are some phrases that are frequently repeated in this chapter?

5. By what means did God create light, the firmament, the earth, vegetation, the sun, moon and stars, and the animals?

6. Over what things did God tell man to have dominion?

7. How did God describe His creation when He saw everything that He had made?

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Chapter 2: Study of Genesis Chapter 2

Overview

Gen 2:1 The first Sabbath

Gen 2:4 Further particulars concerning the manner of creation

Gen 2:8 The planting of the garden of Eden, and its situation

Gen 2:15 man is placed in it; and the tree of knowledge only forbidden

Gen 2:18 The animals are named by Adam

Gen 2:21 The making of woman, and the institution of marriage

Please read Genesis Chapter 2.

Gen 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Gen 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Gen 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

Gen 2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Gen 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Gen 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

Gen 2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Gen 2:12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

Gen 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

Gen 2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Gen 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Gen 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Gen 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

Gen 2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

Gen 2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up