Genesis Breakdown

First Book of the Bible

Author: Moses

Where: Egypt and Canaan

Written: 1446 BC - 1406 BC 

Time period covered: 4004 BC to 1805 BC

Genesis 1:1-31         Creation

Genesis 2:1- 25         Creation of Man and Woman

Genesis 3:1-24         The Fall of Man

Genesis 4:1-26         Cain and Abel

Genesis 5:1-32         From Adam to Noah

Genesis 6:1-8:22         The Flood

Genesis 9:1-17         God's Covenant with Noah

Genesis 9:18-29         The Sons of Noah

Genesis 10:1                    The Table of Nations

Genesis 10:2-5         The Japhethites (Sons of Japheth)

Genesis 10:6-20         The Hamites (Sons of Ham)

Genesis 10:21-32         The Semites (Sons of Shem)

Genesis 11:1-9         Tower of Babel

Genesis 11:10-32         From Shem to Abram

Genesis 12:1-9         The call of Abram

Genesis 12:10-20         Abram in Egypt

Genesis 13:1-18         Abram and Lot Separate

Genesis 14:1-24         Abram Rescues Lot

Genesis 15:1-21         God's Covenant with Abram

Genesis 16:1-16         Hagar and Ishmael

Genesis 17:1-27         The Covenant of Circumcision

Genesis 18:1-15         The Three Visitors

Genesis 18:16-33         Abraham Pleads for Sodom

Genesis 19:1-29         Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed

Genesis 19:30-38         Lot and his daughters

Genesis 20:1-18         Abraham and Abimelech

Genesis 21:1-7         The Birth of Isaac

Genesis 21:8-21         Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away

Genesis 21:22-34         The Treaty at Beersheba

Genesis 22:1-19         Abraham Tested

Genesis 22:20-24         Nahor's Son

Genesis 23:1-20         The Death of Sarah

Genesis 24:1-66         Isaac and Rebekah

Genesis 25:1-11         The Death of Abraham

Genesis 25:12-18         Ishmael's Sons

Genesis 25:19-34         Jacob and Esau

Genesis 26:1-35         Isaac and Abimelech

Genesis 27:1-28:9         Jacob gets Isaac's Blessing

Genesis 28:10-22         Jacob's Dream at Bethel

Genesis 29:1-14         Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram

Genesis 29:15-30         Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel

Genesis 29:31-30:1:24 Jacob's Children

Genesis 30:25-43         Jacob's Flocks Increase

Genesis 31:1-21         Jacob Flees From Laban

Genesis 31:22-55         Laban Pursues Jacob

Genesis 32:1-21         Jacob Prepares ot Meet Esau

Genesis 32:22-32         Jacob Wrestles with God

Genesis 33:1-20         Jacob Meets Esau

Genesis 34:1-31         Dinah and the Shechemites

Genesis 35:1-15         Jacob Returns to Bethel

Genesis 35:16-29         The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac

Genesis 36:1-30         Esau's Descendants

Genesis 36:31-43         The Rulers of Edom

Genesis 37:1-11         Joseph's Dreams

Genesis 37:12-36         Joseph Sold by His Brothers

Genesis 38:1-30         Judah and Tamar

Genesis 39:1-23         Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Genesis 40:1-23         The Cupbearer and the Baker

Genesis 41:1-40         Pharaoh's Dreams

Genesis 41:41-57         Joseph in Charge of Egypt

Genesis 42:1-38         Joseph's Brothers go to Egypt

Genesis 43:1-34         The Second Journey of Egypt

Genesis 44:1-34         A Silver Cup in a Sack

Genesis 45:1-28         Joseph Makes Himself Known

Genesis 46:1-47:12     Jacob goes to Egypt

Genesis 47:13-31         Joseph and the Famine

Genesis 48:1-22         Manasseh and Ephraim

Genesis 49:1-50:14         Jacob Blesses his Sons

Genesis 50:15-21         Joseph Reassures his Brothers

Genesis 50:22-26         The Death of Joseph