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Bible Survey, Lesson 2: “GENESIS 1 through 10”

GENESIS 1

The Creation – Genesis 1:1-31 NASB1995

“1 In the beginning God…(verse 31).

GENESIS 10

Descendants of Noah – Genesis 10:1-32 NASB1995

“1 Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood.)…

The book of GENESIS is the first book of the Bible, and opens with one of the most famous first sentences of any literary work: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Fnd the famous histories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the ark, Abraham and Isaac, and a dreamer named Joseph.

The book of GENESIS reads like a saga of stories: semi-tragic events of a world that just keeps going wrong, despite its Creator’s intentions. But GENESIS isn’t a stand-alone book. It’s the first installment in the five-part Torah (or Pentateuch), which is the foundational work of the Old Testament. The Torah is Israel’s origin story: it’s the history of how the nation of Israel got its population, its land, and its religion.

The book of GENESIS is the first book of the Bible. It is divided into two main parts, with Chapters 1-11 telling the story of God and the whole world, and Chapters 12-50 focusing in on the story of God, a man, and his family.

Old Testament Books of the Bible ~ Hebrew & Protestant