Genesis Flashcards
Genesis theme
Beginnings
Genesis Outline: Primeval History
Four events (1-11)
- Creation (1-2)
- Fall (3-5)
- Flood (6-9)
- Nations (10-11)
Genesis Outline: Patriarchal History
Four people (12-50)
- Abraham (12-24)
- Isaac (25-26)
- Jacob (27-36)
- Joseph (37-50)
Genesis 1
Creation (broader perspective)
Genesis 1:31
Creation is declared very good
Genesis 2
Creation (focus on man; Adamic covenant)
Genesis 3
Temptation; fall; curses
Genesis 3:15
The promised seed
Genesis 4
Cain and Abel; Cain’s line—civilization
Genesis 6-8
Flood: deliverance in the ark
Genesis 9
Everlasting covenant; curse of Canaan
Genesis 11
Babel; dispersion of nations
Genesis 12:1-3
Abrahamic covenant
Genesis 35:9-12
Jacob becomes “Israel”
Genesis 18-19
Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 37
Joseph is sold by his brothers
Genesis 50:20
“God meant it for good”
Adam and Eve
The first humans
Cain
Adam’s first son; the murderer of his brother Abel, a wanderer
Abel
Murdered second son of Adam
Enoch
Father of Methuselah; walked with God; never dies but was taken
Noah
Walked with God; built ark; father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; cursed Canaan
Abraham
Father of the nation of Israel
Lot
Abram’s nephew; dweller in Sodom
Sarah
Abraham’s wife; Isaac’s mother
Melchizedek
Priest of Salem
Isaac
Son of Abraham and Sarah; father of Jacob
Esau
Isaac’s first-born; sold birthright
Rebekah
Isaac’s wife; favored Jacob
Jacob (Israel)
Father of 12 tribes
Leah
Jacob’s less-loved first wife
Rachel
Jacob’s beloved wife; mother of Joseph; dies bearing Benjamin
Joseph
Son of Jacob; sold as slave; exalted in Egypt
Year Genesis written
Written by Moses in the years following the Exodus in 1445 BC
Abraham (year born)
2166 BC
Joseph (year born)
1915 BC