Gen 1.1; Story; God creates the heavens and the
earth.
Gen 1.2; Story; The earth was without form and
void, darkness over the deep, God hovered over waters
Gen 1.3-2.3; Story; The seven days of God speaking,
naming and allocating tasks
Gen 2.4; Story; The generations of the heavens and
the earth
Gen 2.5-20; Story; Creation story repeated, the
LORD created Adam
Gen 2.21-25; Story; The LORD gives Adam a woman as
a helper
Gen 3.1-7; Sin-Story; Adam and Eve are tempted by
the serpent and disobey God
Gen 3.8-13; Story; The LORD God questions Adam and
Eve on their actions
Gen 3.14-15; Story; The LORD curses the Serpent
Gen 3.16; Story; The LORD curses the Woman
Gen 3.17-19; Story; The LORD curses the Man
Gen 3.20-24; Story; The LORD makes garments for
Adam and Eve and exiles them from the garden
Gen 4.1-2; Story; Adam and Eve have children Cain
and Abel
Gen 4.3-16; Story; Cain and Abel's offerings, Cain
kills Abel, God punishes and protects Cain
Gen 4.17-24; Story; Cain's generations and Lamech
Gen 4.25-26; Story; Adam and Eve have Seth and
people begin to call on the name of the LORD
Gen 5.1-3; Story; The generations of Adam. Adam
father’s a son in his own likeness.
Gen 5.4-32; Story; Adams line, including Seth,
Enoch and Noah
Gen 6.1-4; Story; The sons of God take wives and
the LORD limits the time his Spirit abides in humanity
Gen 6.5-9; Story; The LORD is grieved at evil
humanity, but Noah finds favour
Gen 6.9-10; Story; Noah's generations. Noah is
righteous man. He is blameless and walks with God. He has three sons.
Gen 6.11-22; Story; The LORD unveils his plans to
destroy corrupt humanity and save Noah and his family
Gen 7.1; Story; The LORD instructs Noah to go into
the ark, because he sees Noah as righteous
Gen 7.2-16; Story; Noah, his family and all the
animals go into the ark. The LORD shuts them inside.
Gen 7.17-24; Story; The flood comes and everything
dies.
Gen 8.1; Story; God remembers Noah and all the
animals with him. God subsides the waters.
Gen 8.2-5; Story; The waters continue to drop and
they can eventually see mountains again
Gen 8.6-12; Story; Noah sends out birds to see if
the waters had subsided.
Gen 8.13-19; Story; The earth is now dry and God
commands Noah and everyone else to leave the ark.
Gen 8.20-22; Story; Noah offers burnt offerings on
an altar. The LORD smells the aroma and vows never again to curse the ground
(Adam’s curse) and never again to strike down every living creature (Noah's
flood)
Gen 9.1-17; Story; God blesses, commands and warns
Noah and his sons. God makes a rainbow covenant with Noah.
Gen 9.18-28; Story; Noah drinks and gets naked.
Noah's sons respond differently and are judged accordingly.
Gen 10.1-32; Story; The generations of Noah from
which the nations spread over the earth after the flood.
Gen 11.1-9; Story; The people of the earth build a
city and a tower and the LORD descends and scatters them.
Gen 11.10-26; Story; Shem's descendants reaching to
Terah and Abram.
Gen 11.27-32; Story; The generations of Terah
introducing Abram and Lot.
Gen 12.1-3; Story; God makes covenant promises to
Abraham
Gen 12.4-9; Story; Abram heads toward the land the
LORD promised him
Gen 12.10-20; Story; Abram and Sarai pretend to be
siblings, God protects them and they get found out
Gen 13.1-13; Story; Abram and Lot separate because
of the size of their flocks. Lot goes to Sodom.
Gen 13.14-18; Story; The LORD reaffirms his
promises to Abram
Gen 14.1-12; Story; Kings of the land battle one
another and in the process capture Lot
Gen 14.13-16; Story; Abram and 318 trained men
defeat the victor and rescue Lot
Gen 14.17-18; Story; The rescued king of Sodom and
Melchizedek king of Salem meet Abram.
Gen 14.19-20; Story; Abram is blessed by and tithes
to Melchizedek
Gen 14.21-24; Story; Abram and the king of Sodom
negotiate what they took back
Gen 15.1-6; Story; The LORD reaffirms his promises
to Abram. Abram believed God and his belief in the promise is counted as
righteousness by the LORD.
Gen 15.7-21; Story; The LORD ratified the covenant
and the promises he has made to Abram
Gen 16.1-6; Story-Sin; Sarai gives Abram her
servant Hagar and she becomes pregnant
Gen 16.7-15; Story; The LORD protects Hagar and
Ishmael
Gen 16.16; Story; Abram is noted to be eighty six
years old
Gen 17.1-14; Law; When Abram is ninety nine years
old, the LORD renews the covenant, renames Abram to Abraham, and issues the
covenant obligation of circumcision
Gen 17.15-21; Story; God promises to establish his
everlasting covenant with Isaac, not Ishmael
Gen 17.22-27; Story; Abraham circumcised his whole
family
Gen 18.1-8; Story; The LORD appears to Abraham.
Abraham prepares him food and refreshments.
Gen 18.9-15; Story; The LORD predicts that next
year they will have a son. Sarah is caught laughing to herself in disbelief.
Gen 18.16-33; Story; Abraham intercedes repeatedly
for the righteous in Sodom.
Gen 19.1-23; Story; God rescues Lot and his family
from Sodom
Gen 19.33-29; Story; God destroys Sodom
Gen 19.30-38; Story; Lots daughters sleep with Lot
to continue their family lines
Gen 20.1-18; Story; Abraham does not say Sarah is
his wife and God protects
Gen 21.1-7; Story; God is faithful and Isaac is
born
Gen 21.8-21; Story; God protects Hagar and Ishmael
after Abraham and Sarah removed them
Gen 21.22-34; Story; Abraham makes a covenant of
peace with Abimelech
Gen 22.1-19; Story; Sacrifice of Isaac
Gen 22.20-24; Story; Abraham's brother Nahor has
children
Gen 23.1-20; Story; Sarah dies and Abraham buys a
burying place from the Hittites
Gen 24.1-67; Abraham gets a wife for his son Isaac
Gen 25.1-11; Story; Abraham dies and is buried
Gen 25.12-18; Story; The Generations of Ishmael
(Abraham’s son from Hagar)
Gen 25.19-28; Story; The Birth of Jacob and Esau
Gen 25.29-34; Story; Esau sells his birthright
Gen 26.1-5; Story; God renews his promises to
Abraham's offspring
Gen 26.6-11; Story; Isaac pretends Rebekah is his
sister
Gen 26.12-22; Story; Isaac prospers under the Lords
care
Gen 26.23-25; Story; Isaac calls upon the name of
the LORD
Gen 26.26-33; Story; Abimelech makes a covenant of
peace with Isaac
Gen 26.34-35; Story; Esau takes a foreign wife
Gen 27.1-46; Story; Isaac blesses Jacob first, Esau
gets the leftovers
Gen 28.1-5; Story; Isaac continues to bless Jacob,
warns him against taking a foreign wife
Gen 28.6-9; Story; Out of spite Esau takes a
Canaanite for his wife
Gen 28.10-22; Story; God appears to Jacob in a
dream and confirms the Abrahamic promises
Gen 29.1-30; Story; Jacob is deceived by Laban and
serves fourteen years for Leah and Rachel
Gen 29.31-35; Story; Jacob bears children to Leah
even though he prefers Rachel
Gen 30.1-24; Story; Rachel and Leah compete for
more babies
Gen 30.25-43; Story; Jacob and Laban compete for a
greater flock
Gen 31.1-21; Story; Jacob fears Laban and God
commands Jacob to leave
Gen 31.22-42; Story; Laban pursues and catches
Jacob
Gen 31.43-55; Story; Laban and Jacob make a
covenant of peace
Gen 32.1-21; Story; Jacob prepares to meet Esau
Gen 32.22-32; Story; Jacob wrestles with God for
his blessing
Gen 33.1-20; Story; Jacob meets Esau in peace
Gen 34.1-31; Story; Dinah is defiled and her
brothers take revenge
Gen 35.1-15; Story; God blesses and renames Jacob
to Israel
Gen 35.16-21; Story; Rachel, Jacob’s wife dies
Gen 35.22; Story; Reuben lay with his father's
concubine and Israel heard of it
Gen 35.23-26; Story; Recounting the number of
Jacob’s sons
Gen 35.27-29; Story; Jacob returns to Isaac. Isaac
dies and is buried by Jacob and Esau
Gen 36.1-42; Story; The generations of Esau
Gen 37.1-2a; Story; The generations of Jacob
Gen 37.2b-11; Story; Joseph's dreams
Gen 37.12-36; Story; Joseph sold by his brothers
Gen 38.1-30; Story; Tamar pretends to be a prostitute to continue the family line
Gen 39.1-23; Story; Joseph resists potiphar's wife
and is thrown in prison
Gen 40.1-23; Story; Joseph interprets the dreams of
two prisoners sowing seeds of his release
Gen 41.1-36; Story; God interprets Pharaoh’s dreams
through Joseph
Gen 41.37-57; Story; Joseph rises to power and
provides for people in famine
Gen 42.1-38; Story Josephs brothers travel to Egypt
to purchase grain
Gen 43.1-34; Story; Josephs brothers return to
Egypt and eat with Joseph
Gen 44.1-44; Story; Joseph tests his brothers
Gen 45.1-28; Story; Joseph reveals himself to his
brothers, explains God’s purpose and provides
Gen 46.1-7; Story; God tells Jacob to go to Joseph
in Egypt
Gen 46.8-27; Genealogy; The list of all Jacobs
family
Gen 46.28-34; Story; Jacob and Joseph reunited
Gen 47.1-12; Story; Jacob meets and blessed Pharaoh
Gen 47.13-27; Story; Pharaoh amasses a great amount
of wealth and power
Gen 47.28-31; Story; Joseph promises not to bury
Jacob in Egypt, but with his fathers
Gen 48.1-22; Story; Jacob blessed Ephraim and
Manasseh, younger over the firstborn
Gen 49.1-27; Story; Jacob blessed his sons, recalls
their past and predicts their future
Gen 49.28-33; Story; Jacob instructs his sons in
his burial. Jacob is gathered to his people
Gen 50.1-14; Story; Joseph and his brothers with a
large entourage bury Jacob in Canaan
Gen 50.15-21; Story; Joseph reassures his brothers
of his and God’s good intentions
Gen 50.22-26; Story; Joseph reminds Israel of God’s promise and asks to
rest in the same place as his fathers