Genesis

Date Written

~1500 BC

Author

Unclaimed but commonly believed to be Moses

The book of Genesis is the first book of the Bible.

The book covers a huge amount of history. I can be broken down into many sections such as the ones below:

  1. The Creation and the entry of Sin into the world (Chapter 1- 3)
  2. Civilisation after the Fall (Chapters 4 -6)
  3. The Flood (Chapters 7 – 9)
  4. Re-establishment of civilisation (Chapter 10 – 11)
  5. Abram / Abraham and his children (Chapters 12 – 25)
  6. Issac, Jacob and his family (Chapters 26 – 36)
  7. Jospeh (Chapters 37 – 50)