Chapter Outline for Genesis

  1. God creates the heavens, earth, plants, animals and man
  2. Adam and Eve's Beginning in the garden of Eden
  3. Adam and Eve's sin and expulsion from the Garden
  4. Cain kills Abel; his curse and descendants
  5. Descendants from Adam to Noah
  6. God's Mercy on Noah in the midst of Man's Wickedness
  7. The Great Flood
  8. The Flood Subsides and the Ark Rests on Mount Ararat
  9. The Covenant of the Rainbow
  10. Descendants of Shem Ham and Japheth
  11. Tower of Babel; Shem's Descendants to Abraham
  12. God Sends Abram to Egypt
  13. Abram and Lot Part Ways; Abram Promised Many Descendants
  14. Abram Rescues Lot and Receives a Blessing from Melchizedek
  15. God's Covenant with Abram
  16. Sarai Hagar and Ishmael
  17. The Covenant of Circumcision
  18. God Promises the birth of Isaac; Abram Pleads for Sodom
  19. The Destruction of Sodom; Lot's daughters give birth
  20. Abraham Sarah and Abimelech
  21. Isaac Born; Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away; Treaty at Beersheba
  22. The Offering of Isaac; Nahor's sons
  23. Death and Burial of Sarah
  24. Isaac and Rebekah
  25. Abraham's Death; Ishmael Jacob and Esau
  26. Isaac and Abimelech
  27. Jacob Gets Isaac's Blessing
  28. Jacob's Flight to Laban and Vision of a ladder
  29. Jacob Meets Rachel Serves Laban Marries Rachel and Leah
  30. Jacob and His Sons Prosper
  31. Jacob Leaves for Canaan; Laban Pursues
  32. Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau Wrestles with God
  33. Jacob Meets Esau Settles in Shechem
  34. Shechem Defiles Dinah and is Avenged by Jacob
  35. Jacob Returns to Bethel; Jacob Named Israel; Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
  36. Descendants of Esau; Kings of Edom
  37. Joseph's Dreams and Betrayal by His Brothers
  38. Judah and Tamar
  39. Joseph's Success; Potiphar's Wife; Joseph Imprisoned
  40. Joseph Interprets the Cupbearer and the Baker's Dreams
  41. Pharaoh's Dream; Joseph's Interpretation and Reward
  42. Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt Simeon Detained
  43. The Return to Egypt with Benjamin
  44. Benjamin and the Silver Cup
  45. Joseph Makes Himself Known and Forgives His Brothers
  46. Jacob and His Family Move to Egypt
  47. Jacob to Goshen; Israelites Multiply; Joseph and the Famine
  48. Jacob's Illness; Manasseh and Ephraim
  49. Jacob's Blessing to His Sons; Jacob's Death
  50. Burial of Jacob; Death of Joseph