Intro:

1. The book of Genesis is the book of origins.
2. The scope of the book is “From Bereshith (Hebrew word beginning) to Shiloh (Genesis 1;1; 49:10).”
3. The book revolves around three significant ideas:
a. Generation – Genesis 1 – 2. The beginnings of things.
b. Degeneration – Genesis 3 – 11. The story of how evil entered the human history and its early movements.
c. Regeneration – Genesis 12 – 50. The story of God calling a man, the beginning of a nation and preparation for the coming
of Christ.
4. The book can also be remembered around the lives of six men.
a. Adam – Genesis 1-5 d. Isaac – Genesis 26-27
b. Noah – Genesis 6-11 e. Jacob – Genesis 27-36
c. Abraham – Gen 12-25 f. Joseph – Genesis 37-50

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