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Introduction to Genesis:
Author: Moses, the author of the five books of the Law (Deut. 31:9, 24; Luke 24:27, 44; John 1:45; 5:46; Acts 28:23; 2 Cor. 3:15).Time of Writing: Probably about 1490 B.C., when Exodus was written (see introductory material in Exodus).Place of Writing: In the wilderness east of Egypt.Time Period Covered: From the beginning of creation (1:1) until approximately 1653 B.C., the death of Joseph (50:26).

Subject of Genesis:
God Created, Satan Corrupted, Man Fell,
and Jehovah Promised to Save

Genesis

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I. |God's creation — 1:1-2:25

A. |God's desire and purpose — 1:1-2:3
1. |God's original creation — 1:1
Gen.|1:1|-||1a|In the |2|beginning |3|God |4b|created the |5|heavens and the earth.
2. |Judgment and corruption — 1:2a
Gen.|1:2a|-||1|But the earth became |2a|waste and emptiness, and |2|darkness was on the surface of the |3|deep, |4|
3. |God's restoration and further creation — 1:2b-2:3
a. |The Spirit, the word, and the light coming, the first day — 1:2b-5
Gen.|1:2b|-|and the |5b|Spirit of God was brooding upon the surface of the waters.
Gen.|1:3|-|And God |1a|said, Let there be |1b|light; and there was light.
Gen.|1:4|-|And God saw that the light was |a|good, and God |1b|separated the light from the darkness.
Gen.|1:5|-|And God called the light |a|Day, and the darkness He called Night. And |b|there was evening and there was morning, one day.
b. |The waters under the expanse separated from the waters above the expanse, the second day — 1:6-8
Gen.|1:6|-|And God |a|said, Let there be an |1|expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it |2b|separate the waters from the waters.
Gen.|1:7|-|And God made the expanse and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the |a|waters which were above the expanse, and it was so.
Gen.|1:8|-|And God called the expanse Heaven. And |a|there was evening and there was morning, a second day.|1|
c. |The earth separated from the seas and the plant life generated, the third day — 1:9-13
Gen.|1:9|-|And God |a|said, Let the waters under the heavens be |b|gathered together into one place, and let the |1c|dry land appear; and it was so.
Gen.|1:10|-|And God called the dry land |1|Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called |1|Seas; and God saw that it was |a|good.
Gen.|1:11|-|And God |a|said, Let the earth |b|sprout |1|grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit |c|according to their kind with their seed in them upon the earth; and it was so.
Gen.|1:12|-|And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed |a|according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit with their seed in them |a|according to their kind; and God saw that it was |b|good.
Gen.|1:13|-|And |a|there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
d. |The light-bearers appearing, the fourth day — 1:14-19
Gen.|1:14|-|And God |a|said, Let there be |1b|light-bearers in the expanse of heaven to separate the day from the night, and let them be for |2c|signs and for seasons and for days and years;
Gen.|1:15|-|And let them be light-bearers in the expanse of heaven to give light on the earth; and it was so.
Gen.|1:16|-|And God |1a|made the two great light-bearers, the |2|greater light-bearer to rule the day and the |3|lesser light-bearer to rule the night, and the |4b|stars.
Gen.|1:17|-|And God |a|set them in the expanse of heaven to give light on the earth
Gen.|1:18|-|And to |1|rule over the day and over the night and to |1|separate the light from the darkness, and God saw that it was |a|good.
Gen.|1:19|-|And |a|there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
e. |The living creatures in the water and in the air generated, the fifth day — 1:20-23
Gen.|1:20|-|And God |a|said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of |1b|living animals, and let |2|birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of heaven.
Gen.|1:21|-|And God created the |a|great sea creatures and every living animal that moves, with which the waters swarmed, according to their kind, and every winged bird |b|according to its kind; and God saw that it was |c|good.
Gen.|1:22|-|And God |a|blessed them, saying, Be |b|fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.
Gen.|1:23|-|And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
f. |The living creatures on the earth generated, the sixth day — 1:24-31(1) |The animals of the earth — vv.|24-25
Gen.|1:24|-|And God said, Let the earth bring forth |a|living animals |b|according to their kind, |1|cattle and |2|creeping things and |1|animals of the earth |b|according to their kind; and it was so.
Gen.|1:25|-|And God made the animals of the earth |a|according to their kind and the cattle according to their kind and everything that creeps on the ground |a|according to its kind, and God saw that it was |b|good.
(2) |Man — vv.|26-28(a) |The conference of the Godhead — v.|26
Gen.|1:26|-|And God said, |1|Let |a|Us make |2b|man |c|in Our |3d|image, according to Our |3e|likeness; and let |4|them have |5f|dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every |6|creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
(b) |Created by God male and female — v.|27
Gen.|1:27|-|And God created man |a|in His own image; in the image of God He created him; |b|male and female He |c|created them.
(c) |Blessed by God to be fruitful — v.|28
Gen.|1:28|-|And God |a|blessed them; and God said to them, Be |b|fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and |1|subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.
(3) |Man and all other living creatures satisfied by God's provision — vv.|29-30
Gen.|1:29|-|And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb that produces seed that is on the surface of all the earth and every tree |1|which has fruit that produces seed; they shall be for you as |2a|food.
Gen.|1:30|-|And to every animal of the earth and to every bird of heaven and to everything that creeps upon the earth, in which is a living soul, I have given every green herb for food; and it was so.
(4) |Everything being very good to God — v.|31
Gen.|1:31|-|And God saw everything that He had made, and indeed, it was |1|very |a|good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

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