Genesis
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This article is currently in draft form. More to come!Genesis is the first book of the Old Testament and hence it is also the first book of Bible. Genesis describes the beginning of the universe, the beginning of humankind, and the beginning of humankind's relationship with God.
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- Creation
- Genesis 1 - Creation (Days One To Six)
- Genesis 2 - Creation (Day Seven; Adam and Eve Remix)
- The Fall
- Genesis 3 - The Fall
- Genesis 4 - Cain and Abel
- Genesis 5 - Noah's ancestry
- The Flood
- Genesis 6 - Noah builds the Ark
- Genesis 7 - The Flood
- Genesis 8 - The flood waters recede
- Genesis 9 - God's covenant with Noah
- From Noah to Abram
- Genesis 10 - Noah's sons and their accounts
- Genesis 11 - Tower of Babel/Abram's ancestry
- Genesis 12 - Start of Abram's journey
- Genesis 13 - Abram and Lot separate
- Genesis 14 - Abram's war with the four kings
- Genesis 15 - God promises a son to Abram
- Genesis 16 - The birth of Ishmael
- Genesis 17 - The covenant of circumcision; Abram becomes Abraham
- Genesis 18 - Three visitors visit Abraham
- Genesis 19 - Lot's departure from Sodom
- Genesis 20 - Abraham dwells with Abimelech
- Genesis 21 - The birth of Isaac; Hagar departs
- Genesis 22 - God tests Abraham with his son Isaac
- Genesis 23 - Abraham buries his wife Sarah
- Genesis 24 - Abraham's servant gets a wife for Isaac
- From Isaac to Jacob
- Genesis 25 - Abraham dies; Esau and Jacob are born
- Genesis 26 - Isaac deals with Abimelech
- Genesis 27 - Jacob gets Esau's blessing
- Genesis 28 - Jacob departs to Padan Aram
- Genesis 29 - Jacob works for Laban; marries Leah and Rachel
- Genesis 30 - Jacob's children; profits from Laban's flocks
- Genesis 31 - Jacob's family flees; Laban pursues him
- Genesis 32 - Jacob prepares to meet Esau; name changed to Israel
- Genesis 33 - Jacob makes peace with Esau; settles in Shechem
- Genesis 34 - Dinah is raped; Simeon and Levi attack Shechem
- Genesis 35 - The birth of Joseph; Rachel dies
- Genesis 36 - Esau's sons and their accounts
- The Story of Joseph
- Genesis 37 - Joseph is taken into Egypt
- Genesis 38 - Judah's sons, including those with Tamar
- Genesis 39 - Joseph accused of rape, sent to prison
- Genesis 40 - Joseph interprets two men's dreams
- Genesis 41 - Joseph interprets Pharoah's dreams
- Genesis 42 - Joseph's first encounter with his brothers
- Genesis 43 - Joseph's second encounter with his brothers
- Genesis 44 - Joseph's brothers charged with stealing
- Genesis 45 - Joseph reveals himself to his brothers
- Genesis 46 - Joseph's family travels to Egypt
- Genesis 47 - People become poor during the famine
- Genesis 48 - Jacob blesses Joseph's two sons
- Genesis 49 - Jacob's final words to his sons
- Genesis 50 - Deaths of Jacob and Joseph; Joseph forgives his brothers
