Every Woman's Bible Genesis sampler - Flipbook - Page 13
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Genesis
WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT GOD’S MISSION AND OURS?
God made women and men in God's image, to be like God, and reign over creation.
WHO WROTE IT? Moses, according to
Jewish and Christian traditions.
WHEN DID IT HAPPEN? The events of
Genesis stretch from the beginning of time
through the 1800s bc.
HOW IS IT ORGANIZED?
1–5: God creates the world; humans sin
6–11: Flood destroys the world; Noah's
family rebuilds
12–25: God provides for Abraham and Sarah
and for Hagar and Ishmael
25–35: Isaac and Rebekah's lives; Jacob meets
Leah and Rachel and builds their family
36: Esau’s many descendants
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DATED
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2156
c. 2100
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c. 2050
2006
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
+ Being God’s Image (5)
+ Days of Creation (6)
+ Why Would God Punish Eve Like That? (8)
+ Eve: Ruined to Redeemed (9)
+ Needing Favor: Finding God's Gift (13)
+ Image (43)
c. 1940
1929
c. 1918
1915
1898
Words to Remember are highlighted throughout this book
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO READ?
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CREATION
— Adam and Eve made by God
— Eve bears Cain and Abel, then Seth
c. 2069
37–50: Jacob’s family suffers betrayal and
famine and moves to Egypt
Timeline
BC
FLOOD
— Noah’s wife, sons, and daughters-inlaw survive
ABRAM BORN
SARAI BORN
HAGAR BORN
ABRAM AND SARAI ENTER
CANAAN
SARAH GIVES BIRTH TO ISAAC
HAGAR AND ISHMAEL RESCUED
BY “THE GOD WHO SEES”
REBEKAH BORN
REBEKAH GIVES BIRTH TO
JACOB AND ESAU
LEAH BORN, RACHEL BORN
JACOB FLEES TO HARAN
LEAH GIVES BIRTH TO JUDAH
RACHEL GIVES BIRTH TO
JOSEPH
JOSEPH SOLD INTO SLAVERY
TAMAR BECOMES PREGNANT
BY JUDAH
JOSEPH RULES EGYPT
JOSEPH DIES
