The Book of Genesis

Part 1: From Creation to Abraham

Genesis Chapter 1: Yahweh Creates the World in Six Days

Genesis Chapter 2: The Sabbath; Yahweh Creates Man and Woman; The Garden of Eden

Genesis Chapter 3: Expulsion from Eden

Genesis Chapter 4: Cain Kills Abel; The First Generations

Genesis Chapter 5: From Adam to Noah

Genesis Chapter 6: An Age Limit for Man; Yahweh Prepares Noah for the Flood

Genesis Chapter 7: The Flood Arrives

Genesis Chapter 8: The Flood Ends

Genesis Chapter 9: The Rainbow Covenant; The Genealogy of Noah

Genesis Chapter 10: Genealogy of Noah’s Three Sons

Genesis Chapter 11: The Tower of Babylon; The Generations to Abram

Part 2: The Lives of the Patriarchs

Genesis Chapter 12: Abram Moves to Canaan; Abram’s Trickery in Egypt

Genesis Chapter 13: Abram and Lot Part Ways; Yahweh Blesses Abram

Genesis Chapter 14: Abram Travels North to Save Lot

Genesis Chapter 15: Promises of Offspring and Land

Genesis Chapter 16: The Birth of Ishmael

Genesis Chapter 17: A Covenant of Circumcision; Name Changes

Genesis Chapter 18: The Three Visitors; Abraham Pleads on Behalf of Sodom

Genesis Chapter 19: The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah; The Birth of Moab and Ammon

Genesis Chapter 20: Abraham and Sarah Trick Abimelech

Genesis Chapter 21: The Birth of Isaac; The Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael; The Pact at Beer Sheba

Genesis Chapter 22: The Test of Abraham with Isaac; The Genealogy of Nahor

Genesis Chapter 23: The Death and Burial of Sarah

Genesis Chapter 24: Abraham’s Servant Finds Isaac a Wife Named Rebekah

Genesis Chapter 25: The Death of Abraham; The Death of Ishmael; The Birth of Esau and Isaac; Jacob Purchases the Birthright

Genesis Chapter 26: Isaac’s Adversarial Relationship with the Philistines; Esau’s Marriages

Genesis Chapter 27: Rebekah Helps Jacob Steal Esau’s Blessing From Isaac

Genesis Chapter 28: Jacob Leaves for Haran and Encounters Yahweh in a Night Vision at Bethel

Genesis Chapter 29: Jacob Finds Rachel; Laban Tricks Jacob; Leah Gives Birth to Four Sons

Genesis Chapter 30: Jacob’s Wives Give Birth to More Children; Jacob Swindles Laban

Genesis Chapter 31: Jacob Leaves Haran; Discord with Laban; Rachel’s Curse; Jacob and Laban’s Pact

Genesis Chapter 32: Jacob Prepares for Esau; Jacob Fights with a Divine Man and Becomes Israel

Genesis Chapter 33: Jacob Meets Esau in Peace; Jacob Abandons Esau and Settles in Shechem

Genesis Chapter 34: The Rape of Dinah and the Annihilation of Shechem

Genesis Chapter 35: Jacob’s Second Divine Experience at Bethel; The Birth of Benjamin and Death of Rachel; Reuben’s Wrongdoing; A Genealogy of Israel; Isaac’s Death

Genesis Chapter 36: Esau Settles in Edom; The Genealogies of Edom

Genesis Chapter 37: Joseph’s Brothers Sell Him Into Slavery

Genesis Chapter 38: Judah’s Five Sons, Including Two With Tamar

Genesis Chapter 39: Joseph is Framed by Potiphar’s Wife; Joseph in Prison

Genesis Chapter 40: Joseph Interprets Two Dreams Correctly

Genesis Chapter 41: Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams; Joseph Saves Egypt; Joseph’s Two Sons

Genesis Chapter 42: Joseph Terrifies His Brothers in Egypt

Genesis Chapter 43: Jacob Sends Benjamin to Egypt; Joseph Welcomes His Brothers

Genesis Chapter 44: Benjamin is Framed by Joseph

Genesis Chapter 45: Joseph Reveals Himself, Forgives His Brothers, and Sends for Jacob

Genesis Chapter 46: Yahweh Appears to Jacob; Jacob’s “Seventy” Descendants; Joseph and Jacob are Reunited in Egypt

Genesis Chapter 47: Joseph Settles His Family in Egypt; Joseph Acquires All of Egypt’s Possessions; Jacob Prepares to Die

Genesis Chapter 48: Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh

Genesis Chapter 49: Jacob’s Prophetic Speech To His Sons; Jacob’s Death

Genesis Chapter 50: Jacob is Buried in Canaan; Joseph and His Brothers Reconcile; Joseph Dies