Introduction to Genesis

Name: Genesis

Division: Old Testament

Category: Pentateuch or Law

Purpose: To record the GOD’s creation of the world and HIS desire to have a people set apart to worship HIM.

Book No in BIBLE: 1

In Old Testament: 1

In Pentateuch: 1

No. of Chapters: 50

No. of Verses: 1533

Author: Moses

Date Written: Approx. 1450 – 1410 BC

Place of Writing: Wilderness of Sinai

History Covered: 2000 – 1640 BC

Audience: People of Israel

Genesis Statistics

Based on its weight of 50 Chapters its share among the chapters of the BIBLE, Old Testament and Pentateuch. Move your mouse pointer over the bar on the right hand side to get the values.

Total chapters in BIBLE:1189

Total chapters in OT: 929

Total chapters in Pentateuch: 187

Total chapters in Genesis: 50

Key Verse

• • So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (1:27)

• • And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (3:15)

• • Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (12:1-3)

Key People

Adam & Eve

Noah

Abraham

Sarah

Isaac

Rebekah

Jacob

Joseph

Key Places

Ararat

Babel

Ur

Haran

Shechem

Hebron

Beersheba

Bethel

Egypt