BOOK OF GENESIS
The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Genesis is an account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, and of Israel's ancestors and the origins of the Jewish people.
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Author
Traditionally Moses, but the stories are much older.
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Date Written
Genesis was written around BC 1450-1410.
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Key Characters
Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham and Sarah, Moses, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacobs, Joseph
The Lord God put the Man in Heaven and said You may freely eat from every tree of the garden. But you shall not eat the tree of the knowledge.
God commanded not to eat forbidden fruit. But the serpent deceived the woman and made the EVE eat and EVE gave the fruit to Adam to eat.
God created Woman from Man’s Ribs and presented Women to the man. Adam named her Women, because she was taken out of Man.
The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
Abraham came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they took her to Pharaoh.
Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety? God says YES and you will call him ISAAC.
God Asked Abraham to undergo circumcision as a sign of an everlasting covenant. For the generations to come you who is eight days old must be circumcised.
Lord appeared to Abraham and said, walk before me faithfully and I will make you the father of many nations and kings will come from you.
The History of creation, God created everything and he created us in his own image and blessed us and said be fruitful, multiply and govern.