
Genesis
The foundational book of the Bible, Genesis tells the story of creation, beginning with God speaking the universe into existence and forming the first humans, Adam and Eve. It quickly moves to the entrance of sin into the world, the devastating global flood, and the covenant God made with Noah. The central part of Genesis focuses on the foundational stories of Israel’s ancestors: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (who was renamed Israel). Abraham’s faith leads to God’s promise that his descendants will become a great nation and inherit a promised land. The book concludes with Jacob’s twelve sons, the start of the twelve tribes, settling in Egypt during a famine, setting the stage for the next book.
Abram and his nephew Lot separate due to their wealth. Lot chooses the plains near wicked Sodom, while God reaffirms His promise of the land to Abram.
Abram rescues his nephew Lot from invading kings. He is then blessed by Melchizedek, the mysterious King of Salem and priest of God Most High.
God covenants with Abram, promising descendants as numerous as the stars. Abram believes God, and it is credited to him as righteousness (justification by faith).
Impatient Sarai gives her servant Hagar to Abram to bear a child. Hagar conceives Ishmael, but the angel of the Lord promises Ishmael will be a wild man.
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