1. The history of Noah
1.1. The causes of the flood 6:1-13
1.1.1. great wickedness of man on the earth
1.1.2. "every intent of the thoughts and of the his heart was only evil continually"
1.1.3. the world was corrupt in the eyes of God, the earth was filled with violence
1.1.4. God was about to destroy "them" with the earth
1.2. Noah and God 6:1-13
1.2.1. Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord
1.2.2. Noah was the righteous man, blameless, walked with God
1.3. The course of the flood 6:14-8:19
1.3.1. Noah made an ark and took animals, plants and birds with him into the ark
1.3.2. Noah and his family entered the ark
1.3.3. rain on earth 40 days and 40 nights
1.3.4. all mankind, birds, animals on dry land perished
1.3.5. after it stopped raining and the earth was dry, Noah, his family and animals, plants, birds went out of the ark
1.4. The events after the flood 8:20-9:29
1.4.1. Noah built an altar to the Lord and offered offerings
1.4.2. The Lord said again to himself that he would never curse the ground on account of man and he would never again destroy every living thing
1.4.3. God blessed Noah and his sons
1.4.4. Man shall not eat flesh with its life (blood)
1.4.5. Noah was drunk and uncovered himself
1.4.5.1. Ham (the father of Canaan) was cursed
1.4.5.2. Shem and Japheth were blessed
2. The descendants of Noah, and the tower of Babel
2.1. The sons of Japheth 10:1-5
2.1.1. settled in an area that stretched across Eurasia from the Black and Caspian Seas to Spain
2.2. The sons of Ham 10:6-20
2.2.1. went to Africa and later spread west along the Mediterranean coast of N. Africa
2.3. The sons of Shem 10:21-32
2.3.1. occupied the area N. of Persian Gulf
2.3.2. ancestor of Abraham
2.4. The tower of Babel 11:1-9
2.4.1. men wanted to build a tower that reached the heaven
2.4.2. God spread them throughout the world and confused them with different languages
3. The history of Abraham
3.1. The family of Abram 11:27-32
3.2. The call of Abram 12:1-20
3.2.1. Abram departed Haraan as the Lord has spoken to him. He was 75 years old and Lot went with him
3.2.2. Abram, Lot (Abram's nephew), Sarai (Abram's wife) and alll their possessions came to the land of Canaan
3.2.3. Abram passed by Egypt
3.2.3.1. Sarai went to Egypt's house
3.2.3.2. Lord struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife
3.2.3.3. Pharaoh released Sarai to Abram
3.3. The separation of Abram and Lot 13:1-18
3.3.1. Abram settled in the land of Canaan
3.3.2. Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom
3.4. The deliverance of Lot by Abram 14:1-24
3.5. The covenant with Abram, 15:1-21
3.6. The birth of Ishmael 16:1-16
3.6.1. Sarai gave her maid (Hagar) to Abram to have a child
3.6.2. Sarai treated Hagar harshly, Hagar fed from her and was protected by the angel of the Lord
3.6.3. Abram was 86 years old and Hagar bore Ishmael to him
3.7. The circumcision of Abraham 17:1-27
3.8. The destruction of Sodom and GOmorrah 18:1-19:38
3.9. Abraham and Abimelech 20:1-18
3.10. The birth of Isaac 21:1-34
3.11. The offering of Isaac 22:1-24
3.12. The death and burial of Sarai 23:1-20
3.13. The marriage of Isaac 24:1-67
3.13.1. xRebekah (sister of Laban)
3.14. The death of Abraham 25:1-11
4. The descendants of Ishmael 25:12-18
4.1. they settled from Havillah to Shur which is east of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria
5. The history of Issaac and his sons
5.1. The birth of Jacob and Essau, and Selling of Essau's birthright 25:19-34
5.2. Issac and Abimelech 26:1-35
5.3. The blessings of Jacob by deception 27:1-46
5.4. Jacob's flight to Mesopotamia 28:1-9
5.5. Jacob's dream at Bethel 28:10-22
5.6. Jacob and the daughters of Laban 29:1-30:43
5.6.1. Jacob meets Rachel
5.6.2. Jacob marries Leah and Rachel
5.6.3. Jacob begats children
5.6.3.1. xRachel
5.6.3.1.1. Benjamin
5.6.3.1.2. Joseph
5.6.3.2. xLeah
5.6.3.2.1. 10 sons, 1 daughter Dinah
5.6.4. Jacob bargains with Laban
5.7. Jacob's return to Canaan 31:1-33:20
5.7.1. His separation from Laban
5.7.2. His reconcilation with Esau
5.8. Jacob's later life 34:1-36:43
5.8.1. The massacre at Shechem
5.8.1.1. where Simeon and Levi took his sword and killed every male because of Dinah
5.8.2. The renewal of the Covenant at Bethel
5.8.3. The deaths of Rachel and Isaac
5.8.4. The descendants of Esau
6. The history of Joseph
6.1. Joseph sold into slavery by his brothers 37:1-36
6.2. Judah and Tamar 38:1-30
6.3. Joseph in Potiphar's House 39:1-23
6.4. Joseph inteprets the dreams of the Butler and the Baker 40:1-23
6.5. Joseph inteprets Pharaoh's dreams 41:1-57
6.6. Joseph brothers in Egypt 42:1-45:28
6.6.1. The first visit of his ten brothers
6.6.2. The second visit of his eleven brothers
6.6.3. Joseph's revelation of his identity
6.7. Joseph's family in Egypt 46:1-47:31
6.8. The blessing of Joseph's sons 48:1-22
6.9. Jacob's death and burial 49:28-50:14
6.10. The last days of Joseph 50:15-26
7. The creation
7.1. The beginning of creation 1:1-2
7.1.1. heavens and earth
7.1.2. earth: formless, dark
7.1.3. spirit of God moving over the surface of the waters
7.2. The days of creation 1:3 - 2:3
7.2.1. light
7.2.2. light and darknness separated
7.2.3. day with morning and evening
7.2.4. separate waters from waters
7.2.5. dry land and water on earth
7.2.6. plants
7.2.7. lights (sun,moon,stars), seasons
7.2.8. swarms, birds, sea monsters,
7.2.9. cattle, creeping things, beasts
7.2.10. man
7.2.10.1. govern the plantsand animals
7.2.10.2. plants = food
7.2.11. rest on the seventh day
7.3. The beginnings of man and woman 2:4-25
7.3.1. rain
7.3.2. man of dust from the ground
7.3.2.1. received the breath of life
7.3.2.2. a lliving being
7.3.3. garden
7.3.3.1. toward the east, in Eden
7.3.4. woman, from the rib of the man
8. The sin of man
8.1. The temptation 3:1-7
8.1.1. serpant betrayed the woman
8.1.2. the woman ate the fruit of the knowledge tree
8.1.3. the woman gave the man the fruit
8.1.4. the eyes of the man and the woman were opened and they were naked
8.2. The judegements 3:8-24
8.2.1. God asked the man and the woman about what happened
8.2.2. the serpent was cursed by God
8.2.3. enmity between the serpent and the woman
8.2.4. birthpain of the woman multiplied
8.2.5. the man would rule over the woman
8.2.6. exhausting labor for the man
8.2.7. the woman was called Eve
8.2.8. the man started knowing good and evil
8.2.9. Adam and Eve droven out of the garden
9. The beginnings of civilization
9.1. Cain and his descendants 4:1-24
9.1.1. Adam x Eve
9.1.1.1. Cain
9.1.1.1.1. brought offering to God, but received no regard
9.1.1.2. Abel
9.1.1.2.1. brought offering to God, God had regard for Abel
9.1.1.3. Cain killed Abel and lied about the murder to God
9.1.1.4. God cursed Cain
9.1.1.5. Cain settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden
9.1.2. Cain x his wife
9.1.2.1. Enoch
9.1.2.1.1. ...
9.2. Seth 4:25-26
9.2.1. the third son of Adam and Eve
9.2.1.1. Enosh: son of Seth
9.2.1.2. men began to cakk upon the name of the Lord
9.3. Adam to Noah 5:1-32
9.3.1. Noah was the descendant of Seth