THE LAW
Genesis
Time. From creation until Joseph dies in Egypt. The patriarchs lived about 2000–1800 BC.
Genesis is the beginning. God makes the world, man falls, and God starts a family through Abraham that will bless all nations.
What happens
- Creation, and the fall in Eden
- Cain and Abel, then the flood and Noah
- The tower of Babel
- Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
- Joseph sold into Egypt, then set over the land
Jesus in this book
- Genesis 3:15 The seed of the woman will bruise the serpent’s head.
- Genesis 22:8 Abraham says God will provide himself a lamb. Isaac is spared.
- Genesis 49:10 The sceptre stays with Judah until Shiloh comes.