Genesis #catechesis/bible/genesis
Old Testament · The 7 Books · part of Old Testament → Bible
Chapters
- Genesis 1 — God creates Heaven and Earth, and all things therein, in six days.
- Genesis 2 — God rests on the seventh day. He places man in the Garden of Eden, commands him not to eat of the tree of knowledge, and forms a woman of his rib.
- Genesis 3 — The serpent’s craft. The fall of our first parents. Their punishment. The promise of a Redeemer.
- Genesis 4 — The history of Cain and Abel, including the account of the first homicide.
- Genesis 5 — The genealogy, age, and death of the Patriarchs, from Adam to Noah. The translation of Enoch.
- Genesis 6 — Man’s sin is the cause of the flood. Noah is commanded to build the ark.
- Genesis 7 — Noah with his family go into the ark. The flood overflows the earth.
- Genesis 8 — The flood ceases. Noah goes out of the ark, and offers a sacrifice. God’s covenant to him.
- Genesis 9 — God blesses Noah, forbids blood, and promises never more to destroy the world by water. The blessing of Shem and Japheth.
- Genesis 10 — The genealogy of the children of Noah, by whom the world was peopled after the flood.
- Genesis 11 — The tower of Babel. The confusion of tongues. The genealogy of Shem down to Abram.
- Genesis 12 — The call of Abram, and the promise made to him. He sojourns in Canaan, and then goes down to Egypt during a famine.
- Genesis 13 — Abram and Lot part from each other. God’s promise to Abram.
- Genesis 14 — The expedition of the four kings; the victory of Abram; he is blessed by Melchisedech.
- Genesis 15 — God promises seed to Abram. His faith, sacrifice and vision.
- Genesis 16 — Abram marries Hagar, who brings forth Ishmael.
- Genesis 17 — The Covenant of circumcision.
- Genesis 18 — Angels are entertained by Abraham. They foretell the birth of Isaac. Abraham’s prayer for the men of Sodom.
- Genesis 19 — Lot, entertaining Angels in his house, is delivered from Sodom, which is destroyed: his wife for looking back is turned into a statue of salt.
- Genesis 20 — Abraham sojourned in Gerara: Sarah is taken into King Abimelech’s house, but by God’s commandment is restored untouched.
- Genesis 21 — Isaac is born. Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth.
- Genesis 22 — The faith and obedience of Abraham is proved in his readiness to sacrifice his son Isaac. He is stayed from the act by an angel. Former promises are renewed to him. His brother Nachor’s issue.
- Genesis 23 — Sarah’s death and burial in the field bought of Ephron.
- Genesis 24 — Abraham’s servant, sent by him into Mesopotamia, brings from thence Rebecca, who is married to Isaac.
- Genesis 25 — Abraham’s children by Cetura; his death and that of Ishmael. Isaac has Esau and Jacob twins. Esau sells his first birthright to Jacob.
- Genesis 26 — Isaac sojourns in Gerara, where God renews to him the promise made to Abraham. King Abimelech makes league with him.
- Genesis 27 — Jacob, by him mother’s counsel, obtains his father’s blessing instead of Esau. And by her is advised to fly to his uncle Laban.
- Genesis 28 — Jacob’s journey to Mesopotamia: his vision and vow.
- Genesis 29 — Jacob serves Laban seven years for Rachel: but is deceived with Leah: he afterwards marries Rachel. Leah bears him four sons.
- Genesis 30 — Rachel, being barren, delivers her handmaid to Jacob; she bears two sons. Leah ceasing to bear, gives also her handmaid, and she bears two more. Then Leah bears other two sons and one daughter. Rachel bears Joseph. Jacob, desirous to return home, is hired to stay for a certain part of the flock’s increase, whereby he becomes extremely rich.
- Genesis 31 — Jacob’s departure: he is pursued and overtaken by Laban. They make a covenant.
- Genesis 32 — Jacob’s vision of angels; his message and presents to Esau; his wrestling with an angel.
- Genesis 33 — Jacob and Esau meet: Jacob goes to Salem, where he raises an altar.
- Genesis 34 — Dina is ravished, for which the Sichemites are destroyed.
- Genesis 35 — Jacob purges his family from idols: goes by God’s commandment to Bethel, and there builds an altar. God appearing again to Jacob blesses him, and changes his name into Israel. Rachel dies in childbirth. Isaac also dies.
- Genesis 36 — Esau with his wives and children parts from Jacob. An account of his descendants, and of the first kings of Edom.
- Genesis 37 — Joseph’s dreams: he is sold by his brethren, and carried into Egypt.
- Genesis 38 — The sons of Judah: the death of Her and Onan: the birth of Phares and Zara.
- Genesis 39 — Joseph has charge of his master’s house: rejects his mistress’ solicitations: is falsely accused by her, and cast into prison, where he has the charge of all the prisoners.
- Genesis 40 — Joseph interprets the dreams of two of Pharao’s servants in prison: the event declares the interpretations to be true, but Joseph is forgotten.
- Genesis 41 — Joseph interprets the two dreams of Pharao: he is made ruler over all Egypt.
- Genesis 42 — Jacob sends his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt. Their treatment by Joseph.
- Genesis 43 — The sons of Jacob go again into Egypt with Benjamin. They are entertained by Joseph.
- Genesis 44 — Joseph’s contrivance to stop his brethren. The humble supplication of Judah.
- Genesis 45 — Joseph makes himself known to his brethren: and sends for his father.
- Genesis 46 — Israel, warranted by a vision from God, goes down into Egypt with all his family.
- Genesis 47 — Jacob and his sons are presented before Pharao: he gives them the land of Gessen. The famine forces the Egyptians to sell all their possessions to the king.
- Genesis 48 — Joseph visits his father in his sickness, who adopts his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim, and blesses them, preferring the younger before the elder.
- Genesis 49 — Jacob’s prophetical blessings of his twelve sons: his death.
- Genesis 50 — The mourning for Jacob, and his interment. Joseph’s kindness towards his brethren. His death.
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