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Genesis Outline

Chapter 1
  • God creates heaven and earth; 1
  • the light; 3
  • the firmament; 6
  • separates the dry land; 9
  • forms the sun, moon, and stars; 14
  • fishes and fowls; 20
  • cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things; 24
  • creates man in his own image, blesses him; 26
  • grants the fruits of the earth for food. 29
Chapter 2
  • The first Sabbath. 1
  • Further particulars concerning the manner of creation. 4
  • The planting of the garden of Eden, and its situation; 8
  • man is placed in it; and the tree of knowledge only forbidden. 15
  • The animals are named by Adam. 18
  • The making of woman, and the institution of marriage. 21
Chapter 3
  • The serpent deceives Eve. 1
  • Both she and Adam transgress the divine command, and fall into sin and misery. 6
  • God arraigns them. 8
  • The serpent is cursed. 14
  • The promised seed. 15
  • The punishment of mankind. 16
  • Their first clothing. 21
  • Their expulsion from paradise. 22
Chapter 4
  • The birth, occupation, and offering of Cain and Abel. 1
  • Cain murders his brother Abel. 8
  • The curse of Cain. 11
  • Has a son called Enoch, and builds a city, which he calls after his name. 17
  • His descendants, with Lamech and his two wives. 18
  • The birth of Seth, 25
  • and Enos. 26
Chapter 5
  • Recapitulation of the creation of man. 1
  • The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to Noah. 3
  • The godliness and translation of Enoch. 22
  • The birth of Noah, etc. 25
Chapter 6
  • The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath, and caused the flood. 1
  • Noah finds grace. 8
  • His generations, etc. 9
  • The order, form, dimensions, and end of the ark. 14
Chapter 7
  • Noah, with his family, and the living creatures, enter the ark, and the flood begins. 1
  • The increase and continuance of the flood for forty days. 17
  • All flesh is destroyed by it. 21
  • Its duration. 24
Chapter 8
  • God remembers Noah, and assuages the waters. 1
  • The ark rests on Ararat. 4
  • Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove. 6
  • Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark. 13
  • He builds an altar, and offers sacrifice, which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more. 20
Chapter 9
  • God blesses Noah and his sons, and grants them flesh for food. 1
  • Blood and murder are forbidden. 4
  • God's covenant, of which the rainbow was constituted a pledge. 8
  • Noah's family replenish the world. 18
  • Noah plants a vineyard. 20
  • Is drunken, and mocked by his son. 21
  • Curses Canaan. 25
  • Blesses Shem. 26
  • Prays for Japheth, and dies. 27
Chapter 10
  • The generations of Noah. 1
  • Japheth. 2
  • Ham. 6
  • Nimrod the first monarch, and the descendants of Canaan. 8
  • The sons of Shem. 21
Chapter 11
  • One language in the world. 1
  • The building of Babel. 2
  • It is interrupted by the confusion of tongues, and the builders dispersed. 5
  • The generations of Shem. 10
  • The generations of Terah, the father of Abram. 27
  • Terah, with Abram and Lot, remove from Ur to Haran. 31
Chapter 12
  • God calls Abram, and blesses him. 1
  • He departs with Lot from Haran, and comes to Canaan. 4
  • He journeys through Canaan, 6
  • which is promised to him in a vision. 7
  • He is driven by famine into Egypt. 10
  • Fear makes him feign his wife to be his sister. 11
  • Pharaoh, having taken her from him, by plagues is compelled to restore her. 14
  • He reproves Abram, whom he dismisses. 18
Chapter 13
  • Abram and Lot return with great riches out of Egypt. 1
  • Strife arises between Abram's herdsmen and those of Lot. 6
  • Abram meekly refers it to Lot to choose his part of the country, 8
  • and Lot goes to Sodom. 10
  • God renews the promise to Abram. 14
  • He removes to Hebron, and there builds an altar. 18
Chapter 14
  • The battle of four kings against the king of Sodom and his allies. 1
  • Lot is taken prisoner. 12
  • Abram rescues him. 14
  • Melchizedek blesses Abram at his return, who gives him tithes. 17
  • The rest of the spoil, his partners having had their portions he restores to the king of Sodom. 21
Chapter 15
  • God encourages Abram, who complains for want of an heir. 1
  • God promises him a son, and a multiplying of his seed. 4
  • Abram is justified by faith. 6
  • Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, and a vision, prophetic of the condition of his posterity till brought out of Egypt. 7
Chapter 16
  • Sarai, being barren, gives Hagar to Abram. 1
  • Hagar, being afflicted for despising her mistress, runs away. 4
  • An angel commands her to return and submit herself, promises her a numerous posterity, and shows their character and condition. 7
  • Hagar names the place, and returns to Sarai. 13
  • Ishmael is born. 15
  • The age of Abram. 16
Chapter 17
  • God renews the covenant with Abram, and changes his name to Abraham, in token of a greater blessing. 1
  • Circumcision is instituted. 9
  • Sarai's name is changed to Sarah, and she is blessed. 15
  • Isaac is promised, and the time of his birth fixed. 17
  • Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised. 23
Chapter 18
  • The Lord appears to Abraham, who entertains angels. 1
  • Sarah is reproved for laughing at the promise of a son. 9
  • The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham. 16
  • Abraham makes intercession for the inhabitants. 23
Chapter 19
  • Lot entertains two angels. 1
  • The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness. 4
  • Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law. 12
  • He is directed to flee with his family to the mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar. 15
  • Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed. 24
  • Lot's wife becomes a pillar of salt. 26
  • Lot dwells in a cave. 29
  • The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon. 31
Chapter 20
  • Abraham sojourns at Gerar. 1
  • Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech. 2
  • Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream. 3
  • He rebukes Abraham. 9
  • Restores Sarah; 14
  • and reproves her. 16
  • Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer. 17
Chapter 21
  • Isaac is born, and circumcised. 1
  • Sarah's joy. 6
  • Isaac is weaned. 8
  • Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth. 9
  • Hagar in distress. 15
  • The angel relieves and comforts her. 17
  • Abimelech's covenant with Abraham at Beer-sheba. 23
Chapter 22
  • Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac. 1
  • He gives proof of his faith and obedience. 3
  • The angel prevents him. 11
  • Isaac is exchanged for a ram. 13
  • The place is called Jehovah-jireh. 14
  • Abraham is again blessed. 15
  • The generations of Nahor unto Rebekah. 20
Chapter 23
  • The age and death of Sarah. 1
  • The purchase of the field and cave of Machpelah; 3
  • where Sarah is buried. 19
Chapter 24
  • Abraham swears his servant. 1
  • The servant's journey. 10
  • His prayer. 12
  • His sign. 14
  • Rebekah meets him; 15
  • fulfils his sign; 18
  • receives jewels; 22
  • shows her kindred; 23
  • and invites him home. 25
  • The servant blesses God. 26
  • Laban entertains him. 29
  • The servant shows his message. 34
  • Laban and Bethuel approve it. 50
  • Rebekah consents to go, and departs. 58
  • Isaac meets and marries her. 62
Chapter 25
  • The sons of Abraham by Keturah. 1
  • The division of his goods. 5
  • His age, death, and burial. 7
  • God blesses Isaac. 11
  • The generations of Ishmael. 12
  • His age and death. 17
  • Isaac prays for Rebekah, being barren. 19
  • The children strive in her womb. 22
  • The birth of Esau and Jacob. 24
  • Their different characters and pursuits. 27
  • Esau sells his birthright. 29
Chapter 26
  • Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord instructs and blesses him. 1
  • He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife. 7
  • He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity. 12
  • He digs Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth. 18
  • God appears to him at Beer-sheba, and blesses him; and Abimelech makes a covenant with him. 23
  • Esau's wives. 34
Chapter 27
  • Isaac sends Esau for venison. 1
  • Rebekah instructs Jacob to obtain the blessing. 6
  • Jacob, feigning to be Esau, obtains it. 14
  • Esau brings venison. 30
  • Isaac trembles. 33
  • Esau complains, and by importunity obtains a blessing. 34
  • He threatens Jacob's life. 41
  • Rebekah disappoints him, by sending Jacob away. 42
Chapter 28
  • Isaac blesses Jacob, and sends him to Padan-aram. 1
  • Esau marries Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael. 6
  • Jacob journeys, and has a vision of a ladder. 10
  • The stone of Beth-el. 18
  • Jacob's vow. 20
Chapter 29
  • Jacob comes to the well of Haran. 1
  • He becomes acquainted with Rachel. 9
  • Laban entertains him. 13
  • Jacob covenants for Rachel. 18
  • He is deceived by Laban with Leah. 23
  • He marries also Rachel, and serves for her seven years more. 28
  • Leah bears Reuben; 32
  • Simeon; 33
  • Levi; 34
  • and Judah. 35
Chapter 30
  • Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, gives Bilhah her maid unto Jacob. 1
  • Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali. 5
  • Leah gives Zilpah her maid, who bears Gad and Asher. 9
  • Reuben finds mandrakes, with which Leah buys her husband's company of Rachel. 14
  • Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah. 17
  • Rachel bears Joseph. 22
  • Jacob desires to depart. 25
  • Laban detains him on a new agreement. 27
  • Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes rich. 37
Chapter 31
  • Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban and his sons, departs secretly. 1
  • Rachel steals her father's images. 19
  • Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong. 22
  • Rachel's stratagem to hide the images. 34
  • Jacob's complaint of Laban. 36
  • The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed. 43
Chapter 32
  • Jacob's vision at Mahanaim. 1
  • His message to Esau. 3
  • He is afraid of Esau's coming. 6
  • He prays for deliverance. 9
  • He sends a present to Esau, and passes the brook Jabbok. 13
  • He wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel. 24
  • He halts. 31
Chapter 33
  • Jacob and Esau's meeting; and Esau's departure. 1
  • Jacob comes to Succoth. 17
  • At Shalem he buys a field, and builds an altar, called El-elohe-Israel. 18
Chapter 34
  • Dinah is ravished by Shechem. 1
  • He sues to marry her. 4
  • The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to the Shechemites. 13
  • Hamor and Shechem persuade them to accept it. 20
  • The sons of Jacob upon that advantage slay them, and spoil their city. 25
  • Jacob reproves Simeon and Levi. 30
Chapter 35
  • God commands Jacob to go to Bethel. 1
  • He purges his house of idols. 2
  • He builds an altar at Bethel. 6
  • Deborah dies at Allon-bachuth. 8
  • God blesses Jacob at Bethel. 9
  • Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar. 16
  • Reuben lies with Bilhah. 22
  • The sons of Jacob. 23
  • Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron. 27
  • The age, death, and burial of Isaac. 28
Chapter 36
  • Esau's three wives. 1
  • His removal to mount Seir. 6
  • His sons. 9
  • The dukes which descended of his sons. 15
  • The sons and dukes of Seir the Horite. 20
  • Anah finds mules. 24
  • The kings of Edom. 31
  • The dukes that descended of Esau. 40
Chapter 37
  • Joseph is loved by Jacob, but hated by his brethren. 1
  • His dreams and the interpretation. 5
  • Jacob sends him to his brethren, who counsel to slay him. 12
  • At Reuben's desire they cast him into a pit; 21
  • and afterwards sell him to the Ishmaelites; while Ruben grieves at not finding him. 25
  • His coat, covered with blood, is sent to Jacob, who mourns him inordinately. 31
  • Joseph is brought to Egypt and sold to Potiphar. 36
Chapter 38
  • Judah begets Er, Onan, and Shelah. 1
  • Er's marriage with Tamar, and death. 6
  • The trespass of Onan. 8
  • Tamar is reserved for Shelah. 11
  • Judah's wife dies. 12
  • Tamar deceives Judah. 13
  • She bears twins, Pharez and Zarah. 27
Chapter 39
  • Joseph is bought by Potiphar, and preferred in the family. 1
  • He resists his mistress's temptation. 7
  • He is falsely accused by her. 13
  • He is cast into prison. 20
  • God is with him there, and he is advanced by the keeper of prison. 21
Chapter 40
  • The chief butler and baker of Pharaoh being imprisoned, Joseph is charged with them. 1
  • He interprets their dreams. 5
  • They are accomplished according to his interpretation. 20
  • The ingratitude of the butler, in forgetting Joseph. 23
Chapter 41
  • Pharaoh has two dreams. 1
  • Joseph interprets them. 9
  • He gives Pharaoh counsel, and is highly advanced, and married. 33
  • The seven years of plenty. 46
  • He begets children. 50
  • The famine begins. 53
Chapter 42
  • Jacob sends his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt. 1
  • They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies. 16
  • They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin. 18
  • They have remorse for Joseph. 21
  • Simeon is kept for a pledge. 24
  • They return with corn, and their money. 25
  • Their relation to Jacob. 29
  • Jacob refuses to send Benjamin. 36
Chapter 43
  • Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin. 1
  • Joseph entertains his brethren. 15
  • They discover their fears to the steward. 19
  • Joseph makes them a feast. 26
Chapter 44
  • Joseph's policy to stay his brethren. 1
  • The cup is found in Benjamin's sack. 6
  • They are brought before Joseph. 14
  • Judah's humble supplication to Joseph. 18
Chapter 45
  • Joseph makes himself known to his brethren. 1
  • He comforts them in God's providence. 5
  • He sends for his father. 9
  • Pharaoh confirms it. 16
  • Joseph furnishes then for their journey, and exhorts them to concord. 21
  • Jacob is revived with the news. 25
Chapter 46
  • Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sheba. 1
  • Thence he with his company goes into Egypt. 5
  • The number of his family that went into Egypt. 8
  • Joseph meets Jacob. 28
  • He instructs his brethren how to answer Pharaoh. 31
Chapter 47
  • Joseph presents his father, and five of his brethren before Pharaoh. 1
  • He gives them habitation and maintenance. 11
  • He gets the Egyptians' money; 13
  • their cattle; 16
  • and their lands, except the priests', to Pharaoh. 18
  • He restores the land for a fifth. 23
  • Jacob's age. 28
  • He swears Joseph to bury him with his fathers. 29
Chapter 48
  • Joseph with his sons visits his sick father. 1
  • Jacob strengthens himself to bless them. 2
  • He repeats God's promise. 3
  • He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own sons. 5
  • He tells Joseph of his mother's grave. 7
  • He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh. 8
  • He prefers the younger before the elder. 17
  • He prophesies their return to Canaan. 21
Chapter 49
  • Jacob calls his sons to bless them. 1
  • Their blessing in particular. 3
  • He charges them about his burial. 29
  • He dies. 33