Summary of the Book of Genesis
Summary of the book of Genesis
In Genesis chapters 1-11, God created the universe and all living things in the span of 7 days. He created Adam and let him reside in the Garden of Eden so they may maintain it. The Garden of Eden has river that flows through it, and splits into four headstreams, Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, and Euphrates. Soon after, God created woman, whom we know as Eve. The fall of man followed as Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and God banished them from the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve Gave birth to Abel and Cain, Cain killed his brother Abel and Lived in the land of Nod, East of Eden. Soon the children of Adam and Eve soon bore children of their own, and their children’s children had children of their own, so on and so forth. At each passing generation their life spans become shorter. God decided to destroy all living things but allowed Noah and his family to be saved. He told them to make and Ark and bring seven of every kind of clean animal, 2 of every unclean animal and seven of every kind of bird, so that their lives will be spared from the flood. The ark stopped at Mt. Ararat, and they all stepped out of the ark onto dry land, and Soon after they repopulated the earth. When the people, who all had a common language and vocabulary, started building the tower of Babel, God confused their language and spread them all over the earth.
In Genesis chapters 12-25, it now begins the story of Abraham. God's call of Abram and the covenant with him in which he was promised that his descendants should inherit the land of Canaan, that they should become a great nation and that through them all nations of the earth would be blessed. Abram's name is changed to Abraham and Ishmael is born to Abraham and Hagar, Sarah's handmaid. Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed and the Lord sparing Lot’s life. Abraham deceived Abimelech concerning Sarah, his wife. And Sarah bore a child just as the Lord promised them, and they named him “Isaac”.
In Genesis chapters 1-11, God created the universe and all living things in the span of 7 days. He created Adam and let him reside in the Garden of Eden so they may maintain it. The Garden of Eden has river that flows through it, and splits into four headstreams, Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, and Euphrates. Soon after, God created woman, whom we know as Eve. The fall of man followed as Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and God banished them from the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve Gave birth to Abel and Cain, Cain killed his brother Abel and Lived in the land of Nod, East of Eden. Soon the children of Adam and Eve soon bore children of their own, and their children’s children had children of their own, so on and so forth. At each passing generation their life spans become shorter. God decided to destroy all living things but allowed Noah and his family to be saved. He told them to make and Ark and bring seven of every kind of clean animal, 2 of every unclean animal and seven of every kind of bird, so that their lives will be spared from the flood. The ark stopped at Mt. Ararat, and they all stepped out of the ark onto dry land, and Soon after they repopulated the earth. When the people, who all had a common language and vocabulary, started building the tower of Babel, God confused their language and spread them all over the earth.
In Genesis chapters 12-25, it now begins the story of Abraham. God's call of Abram and the covenant with him in which he was promised that his descendants should inherit the land of Canaan, that they should become a great nation and that through them all nations of the earth would be blessed. Abram's name is changed to Abraham and Ishmael is born to Abraham and Hagar, Sarah's handmaid. Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed and the Lord sparing Lot’s life. Abraham deceived Abimelech concerning Sarah, his wife. And Sarah bore a child just as the Lord promised them, and they named him “Isaac”.