Genesis Chapter Summaries Flashcards
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Genesis 1
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- God created the heaven, the earth, plants, animals and man in six days
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Genesis 2
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- God blessed the seventh day; extra details of creation and the newly created earth
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Genesis 3
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- The serpent deceived Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit; God curses the earth; Adam and Eve sent out of the garden of Eden
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Genesis 4
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- Cain kills Abel; God curses Cain; Cain’s decendants and family history
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Genesis 5
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- Family history of the line of sons from Adam to Noah
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Genesis 6
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- Wickedness in the earth increased; God declares to destory the world; God commands Noah to build an ark
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Genesis 7
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- Noah, his family, and animals enter ark; flood covers whole earth; all humans and land creatures outside ark destroyed
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Genesis 8
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- The flood ends and the waters receed; Noah, his family and the animals exit the ark; Noah made a burnt offering to God
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Genesis 9
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- God blesses Noah & family, outlines new diet, makes ‘anti world-flood’ covenant; Noah gets drunk; Noah dies
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Genesis 10
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- Family history of Shem, Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah
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Genesis 11
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- Tower of Babel built; LORD scatters & confounds the people from Babel; family history of Shem’s descendants to Abram
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Genesis 12
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- LORD calls Abram out of his own country; Abram moves to Canaan, Bethel & Egypt; Abram lies to Egyptians about Sarai
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Genesis 13
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- Abram moves back to Bethel; Lot departs to Jordan; Abram moves to Canaan; LORD promises land & many descendants to Abram
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Genesis 14
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- War between kings in vale of Siddim; Lot taken captive in the war; Abram brought back Lot; Melchizedek blesses the LORD
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Genesis 15
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- LORD’s word comes to Abram; LORD tells Abram the future of his descendants; LORD makes covenant with Abram
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Genesis 16
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- Sarai barren; Hagar given to Abram; Hagar conceives; Hagar flees to wilderness, then returns; Ishmael born to Hagar & Abram
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Genesis 17
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- Abram becomes Abraham; Sarai becomes Sarah; circumcision introduced to Abraham’s household
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Genesis 18
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- The Lord & two angels appear to Abraham; they said Sarah would have a son; Abraham reasoned with the Lord about Sodom
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Genesis 19
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- Two angels met Lot in Sodom; Lot & family leave Sodom; Sodom & Gomorrah destroyed; Lot’s daughters give birth
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Genesis 20
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- Abraham moved to Gerar, said to Abimelech (king of Gerar) that Sarah was his sister; Abimelech gave gifts to Abraham
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Genesis 21
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- Isaac born; Ishmael mocks; Hagar & Ishmael sent away; Ishmael grows up; Abraham makes covenant with Abimelech
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Genesis 22
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- God asks Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, but God prevents it, and ram sacrificed instead; descendants of Nahor, Abraham’s brother
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Genesis 23
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- Sarah died; Abraham purchases field of Ephron to use the cave as a burying place for Sarah; Sarah buried
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Genesis 24
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- Abraham’s eldest servant takes Rebekah from Abraham’s original home country as wife for Isaac and they are married
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Genesis 25
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- Abraham remarries; Abraham dies; Ishmael’s family history; Jacob and Esau born; Esau sells birthright to Jacob
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Genesis 26
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- Isaac goes to Gerar, lies about Rebekah; Lord blesses Isaac; Abimelech and Isaac make peace covenant; Esau marries
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Genesis 27
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- Isaac grows old & requests meat from Esau; Jacob pretends to be Esau, tricks Isaac & obtains Esau’s blessing; Esau hates Jacob
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Genesis 28
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- Isaac blesses Jacob & sends him to Laban in Haran; Esau marries again; Jacob sleeps at Bethel & dreams about ladder to heaven
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Genesis 29
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- Jacob meets Laban; Jacob works for Laban to marry Leah & Rachel; Laban tricks Jacob; Leah bares Reuben, Simeon, Levi & Judah
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Genesis 30
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- Dan, Naphtali, Gad & Asher born to maids; Leah bares Issachar, Zebulun & Dinah; Rachel bares Joseph; Jacob’s cattle increase
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Genesis 31
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- Jacob secretly leaves Laban for Canaan; Rachel steals Laban’s images; Laban chases Jacob; Jacob & Laban make peace covenant
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Genesis 32
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- Angels of God meet Jacob; Jacob fears Esau; Jacob gives to Esau; Jacob wrestles with God; Jacob’s name changed to Israel
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Genesis 33
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- Jacob and Esau meet; Esau receives Jacob’s gift; Esau returns to Seir; Jacob journeys to Succoth, then Shalem and erects altar
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Genesis 34
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- Shechem son of Hamor lies with Dinah; Hamor asks for Dinah; males in Shechem’s city circumcised, later killed by Simeon & Levi
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Genesis 35
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- Jacob moves to Bethel; God promises to Jacob, changes name to Israel; Deborah dies; Rachel bares Banjamin then dies; Isaac dies
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Genesis 36
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- Esau marries Adah, Aholibamah & Bashemath from Canaan, has children, many cattle, dwells in Mt Seir; descendants of Esau named
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Genesis 37
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- Jacob dwells in Canaan; Joseph has dreams, hated by brothers, visits brothers in Dothan, sold to Ishmeelites, taken to Egypt
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Genesis 38
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- Judah sleeps with Shuah, bares Er, Onan & Shelah; Er marries Tamar; Er dies; Tamar acts as harlot, lies with Judah, bares twins
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Genesis 39
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- Joseph taken to Egypt, bought by Potiphar, made overseer, tempted by Potiphar’s wife, he refused, was jailed, prospered in jail
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Genesis 40
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- Pharaoh’s baker & butler offend king, cast into prison, have dreams; Joseph interprets dreams; butler restored; baker killed
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Genesis 41
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- Pharaoh dreams, is troubled, calls Joseph; Joseph interprets dreams, made ruler of Egypt, marries, has two children; 7 yrs famine
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Genesis 42
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- Joseph’s ten brothers go to Egypt to buy corn; Joseph accuses his brothers of being spies & requests Benjamin to come to Egypt
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Genesis 43
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- Joseph’s brothers go with Benjamin & double money to Egypt again; Joseph has feast with his brothers, favours Benjamin
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Genesis 44
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- Joseph accuses brothers of stealing his silver cup, requires Benjamin to stay in Egypt; Judah offers to take Benjamin’s place
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Genesis 45
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- Joseph reveals himself to his brothers, offers gifts & land of Goshen to his father & brothers; his brothers return to Canaan
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Genesis 46
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- God reveals to Israel to go to Egypt; Jacob & all his household move to Egypt; Descendants of Israel listed; Joseph sees Israel
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Genesis 47
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- Pharaoh meets Joseph’s father & brothers, offers them best land in Egypt; famine worsens; Egyptians trade cattle, land for food
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Genesis 48
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- Joseph & his two sons, Manesseh & Ephraim, meet Jacob; Jacob blesses Joseph’s two sons, saying the younger shall be greater
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Genesis 49
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- Jacob gathers his 12 sons, commands, blesses & prophecies concerning them, charges them to bury him with his father; Jacob dies
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Genesis 50
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- Jacob is embalmed, mourned for; Joseph, family & Egyptians bury Jacob in Canaan; Joseph forgives his brothers; Joseph dies
