Genesis-Outline

Genesis – in Outline Form

Pre-patriarchal period

1.       Creation and the Fall

2.       Creation

a.       The heavens and the earth

b.      Man

c.       Woman

3.       The Fall

4.       Cain kills Abel

5.       Eve gives birth to Seth

1.       Enoch

2.       Noah’s Life

3.       Babel

4.       Job’s life

a.       Job loses his prosperity

                                                               i.      Job’s wealth is taken from him

                                                             ii.      Job’s health is taken from him

b.      Job grapples with his loss

c.       Job becomes prosperous again

Patriarchal Period

1.       Abraham

a.       God fulfills promises made to Abraham

b.      Abram is called

                                                               i.      Terah settles in Haran

                                                             ii.      God call Abram

                                                            iii.      God appears to Abram at Shechem

c.       Abram Travels

d.      Lot’s land is invaded

e.      Melchizedek blesses Abram

f.        God make a covenant with Abram

g.       Hagar gives birth to Ishmael

h.      The covenant of circumcision is established

i.         Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed

j.        Lot’s daughters become pregnant

k.       Abimelech tries to marry Sarah

l.         Isaac is born

2.       Abraham’s later life

a.       Ishmael is sent away

                                                               i.      Abraham sends Hagar and Ishmael away

                                                             ii.      God protects Hagar and Ishmael

                                                            iii.      Ishmael settles in Paran

b.      Abraham make a treaty with Abimelech

c.       God tells Abraham to sacrifice Isaac

d.      Sarah’s death

e.      Abraham finds a wife for Isaac

f.        Abraham and Keturah

                                                               i.      He marries Keturah

                                                             ii.      Sends his sons away

                                                            iii.      He dies

3.       Isaac

a.       Esau marriage and Jacob blessings

4.       Jacob

a.       Jacob marries Leah and Rachel

                                                               i.      God appears to Jacob in a dream

                                                             ii.      Jacob meets Rachel at a well

                                                            iii.      Jacob stays with Laban

                                                           iv.      Jacob works 7 years for Rachel

                                                             v.      Jacob works 7 more years of Rachel

b.      Jacob’s children

c.       Jacob leaves Laban

d.      Jacob faces Esau

e.      Jacob wrestles with God

f.        Jacob and Esau make peace

g.       Jacob journeys to Succoth

h.      Jacob’s family faces trials in Shechem

i.         Jacob moves his family to Bethel

j.        Rachel gives birth to Benjamin and dies

k.       Isaac dies at Hebron

l.         Judah, son of Jacob

5.       Joseph

a.       Joseph is betrayed by his brothers

                                                               i.      Joseph has dreams about his family

1.       Joseph tells his first dream to his brother

2.       Joseph tells his second dream to his father and brothers

                                                             ii.      Joseph is sold into slavery

b.      Joseph and his family end up in Egypt

6.       Joseph blesses his sons…

7.       Joseph dies…

Taken from Logos Bible Software Outline Assistance Module.