Genesis Part 1
THE PRELIMINARIES (1-11)
GENESIS 1-2
GOD'S WORKING SCHEDULE (1:1-2:19)
First day: creation of light (1:3-5):
Second day: creation of space and water (1:6-8):
Third day: creation of plant life (1:9-13):
Fourth day: creation of sun, moon, and stars (1:14-19)
Fifth day: creation of fish and fowl (1:20-23)
Sixth day: creation of land animals and people (1:24-31; 2:7-20)
The image of God (1:26-27)
The instructions from God (1:26-31; 2:15-19)—People are to rule over all nature (1:26, 28):
####### To fill the earth with their own kind (1:28), ####### To cultivate and care for their beautiful home, the Garden of Eden (2:15), ####### To eat from any tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (2:16-17), and ####### To provide names for all the other creatures (2:19-20).
Seventh day: God rests (2:1-6):
GOD'S WEDDING SCHEDULE (2:20-25)
The making of Eve (2:20-22):
The marriage of Eve (2:23-25):
GENESIS 3-5
THE TRANSGRESSION OF ADAM (3:1-24)
Adam's disobedience (3:1-6)
The treachery (3:1-5)
####### Satan begins by casting doubt on God's Word (3:1-3): ####### Satan concludes by denying God's Word (3:4-5):
The tragedy (3:6):
Adam's deceit (3:7-8):
Adam's despair (3:9-11):
Adam's defense (3:12-19):
Adam's discipline (3:14-19):
Upon the serpent (3:14-15):
Upon the woman (3:16):
Upon the man (3:17-19):
Upon nature (3:18):
Adam's deliverance (3:15, 20-21)
The promise (3:15):
The provision (3:20-21):
Adam's dismissal (3:22-24)
The grace (3:22-23):
The guards (3:24):
THE TESTIMONY OF ABEL (4:1-26)
Abel, the godly son (4:1-2, 4):
Cain, the godless son (4:3-26)
The apostate (4:3):
The angered (4:5-7):
The assassin (4:8-16)
####### Cain's crime (4:8): ####### Cain's curse (4:9-12): ####### Cain's complaint (4:13-16):
The architect (4:17-24)
####### The talented society founded by Cain (4:17-22): ####### The treacherous society founded by Cain (4:23-24):