The Theme of the Book of Genesis

Creator ProviderForgiver

The Theme of the

Book of Genesis

Tragedy Murder

RapeWorldwide

Destruction

Why was GenesisWritten?

Cosmic PowerLove stories

Genesis gathers together divinely

inspired stories that help us

understand what the Israelites

believed to be God’s nature and purpose.

Creator God is the maker of all things.

Forgiver God restores our relationship with Him after destroying the mess we made of His creation.

Provider

God gives us what we

need to sustain life, and

provides us with the gift

of free will.

Can you recognize the

Creator

Provider and

Forgiver in the Genesis

stories?

The First Story of

CreationGn 1:1 – 2:4

The Second Story of

CreationGn 3:1-24

Cain and

AbelGn 4:9 -16

The Tower of

BabelGn 11:1-9

The Great FloodGn 6:1 – 9:17

The

Descendants of

Noah after the

Flood

Gn 11:10 - 26

Sarah and

Hagar give birth to

Abraham’s sons, Isaac

and IshmaelGn 16:1 - 16

Sodom and

GomorrahGn 19:1-29

Isaac and Rebecca’s Twin Sons-

Jacob and Esau

Gn 25:19 -27:45

Jacob’s Favorite

Son, JosephGn 37:1-45:28