God Creates the Universe: Gen 1:1-2:4a
God Creates Adam and Eve: Gen 2:4b-25
Fall
Forbidden Fruit: Gen 3:1-24
The Murder: Gen 4:1-15
The First Families: Gen. 4:16- 5:32
Flood
The Daughters of Men: Gen 6:1-8
Building the Ark: Gen 6:9-8:22
Noah Commences the Human race again: Gen 9:1-28
The progeny of Noah: Gen 10:1-32
Babel/Nations
Mans pride forms separatism and the nations while loosing a unifying language: Gen 11:1-9
THE PATRIARCHS (Job 1:1-42:17; Genesis 12:1-50:26)
The Suffering of Job: Job 1:1-2:13
Job's Opening Speech: Job 3:1-26
Job's Friends: Job 4:1-27:23
Wisdom: Job 28:1-28
Final Summary: Job 29:1-37:24
Job's Closing Speech: Job 38:1-42:6
Job's Suffering Reversed: Job 42:7-17
Abraham: (the Promise of a Son): Genesis 11:27-20:18
The Sojourn to Canaan (Promise of Descendents and Land): Gen 11:27-32
The first Great Commission and Promised Blessings: Gen 12:1-20
Abraham and Lot: Gen 13:1-14:24
The Promise of God to Abraham: Gen 15:1-21
Hagar and Ishmael: Gen 16:1-16
God's Covenant with Abraham and Circumcision instituted Gen 17:1-27
The Promise of God for a Son: Gen 18:1-15
Abraham, Lot, Sodom and Gomorrah: Gen 18:16-19:38
Abraham and Abimelech: Gen 20:1-18
Isaac (strife between Brothers): Genesis 21:1-27:40
The Birth of Isaac: Gen 21:1-7
Hagar and Ishmael: Gen 21:8-21
Abraham Offers Isaac to God: Gen 22:1-19
Sarah's Death: Gen 23:1-20
Isaac and Rebekah: Gen 24:1-67
Abraham Dies: Gen 25:1-10
Jacob and Esau's Birth: Gen 25:19-34
Conflict over Abraham's Water rights: Gen 26:1-33
God Chooses Jacob over Esau: Gen 27:1-40
Jacob: (Exile and God's Blessing and Protection): Genesis 27:41-37:1
Jacob Flees to Laban: Gen 27:41-28:9
Jacob's Dream at Bethel: Gen 28:10-22
Jacob's Marriage: Gen 29:1-30:24
Jacob's First Scheme: Gen 30:25-43
Jacob and Laban: Gen 31:1-55
Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau, wrestles with God, meets Esau: Gen 32:1-33:20
Dinah and the Shechemites: Gen 34:1-31
Returning to Bethel: Gen 35:1-15
The Death of Rachel and Isaac: Gen 35:16-29
Joseph (Loss and Restoration/Relationship with Brothers): Genesis 37:2-50:26
Joseph's Coat and Dreams leads to his enslavement): Gen 37:2-36
Judah and Tamar: Gen 38:1-30
The Wife of Potiphar: Gen 39:1-23
Joseph Interprets Dreams: Gen 40:1-41:57
The Brother's Journey to Egypt: Gen 42:1-47:12
Joseph Rise in Egypt: Gen 47:13-31
Manasseh, Ephraim: Gen 48:1-22
Jacob Blesses his Sons and Dies: Gen 49:1-50:14
Joseph Reassures his brothers and dies: Gen 50:15-26
EXODUS (Exodus 1:1-19:2)
Exodus from Egypt: 1:1-13:16
The Oppression of Israel and the Birth of the Rescuer and Lawgiver Moses: Ex 1:1-2:10
Moses Flees Israel: Ex 2:11-25
Moses Encounters God: Ex 3:1-4:17
Moses Returns to Egypt: Ex 4:18-31
Moses and Pharaoh: Ex 5:1-7:13
Plagues in Egypt: Ex 7:14-11:10
The Passover and Redemption: Ex 12:1-13:16
Journey into the Wilderness: 13:17-19:2
Departure from Egypt: Ex 13:17-15:27
Water, Manna, and Quail: Ex 15:22-17:7
Amalekites and Arrival: 18:1-19:2
COVENANT (Exodus 19:3-Deuteronomy 34:12)
God's Treaty (Exodus 19:3-Numbers 10:10
This section of the Pentateuch describes some of God's Law and requirements that Israel needed to survive before entering the promise land: Mt: Sinai (Exodus 19:3) and their departure (Numbers 10:10): Most scholars believe the time period is around one year:
Theophany on Sinai: 19:3-20:21 (10 commandments 20:1-17)
God is: 20:22-24:11 (judicial laws: 21:1-23:33)
Directions for building the Tabernacle: 24:12-18-34:28 (laws given: 25:2-31:17
Tabernacle building: 34:29-40:28 (laws followed 35:1-40:33)
Regulations about Worship and Sacrifices: Leviticus 1-10
Regulations about Purity: 11-18
Sacrificial laws and dedication: Lev: 1-10 (laws of sacrifice (1:2-9:24; purity laws 11-18)
Deployment orders and Holiness laws: Lev: 19:1-Num: 10:10 Lev 19:4-Num 9:14; Num: 9:15-10:10
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