Quotations/Allusions to the Old Testament book of Genesis in the New Testament
| Genesis | New Testament |
| Genesis 1:3 – Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. | 2Co 4:6 |
| Genesis 1:27 – God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. | Mt 19:4; Mk 10:6 |
| Genesis 2:2 – By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done | He 4:4 |
| Genesis 2:7 – Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. | 1Co 15:45 |
| Genesis 2:24 – For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. | Mt 19:5; Mk 10:7,8; 1Cor. 6:16; Ep 5:31 |
| Genesis 5:2 -He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created. | Mt 19:4; Mk 10:6 |
| Genesis 12:1 – Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you; | Acts 7:3 |
| Genesis 12:3 – And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.” | Gal. 3:8; Re 1:7 |
| Genesis 12:7 – The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. | Gal. 3:16 |
| Genesis 13:15 – for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. | Gal 3:16 |
| Genesis 14:18 – And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High. | He 7:1 |
| Genesis 15:5 – And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” | Ro 4:18 |
| Genesis 15:6 – Then he believed in the Lord; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. | Ro 4:3, 9, 22; Gal. 3:6; Jas 2:23 |
| Genesis 15:13 – God said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years. 14But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions. | Acts 7:6, 7 |
| Genesis 17:5 – “No longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I will make you the father of a multitude of nations. | Ro 4:17 |
| Genesis 17:8 – “I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” | Acts 7:5, Gal 17:8 |
| Genesis 18:10 – He said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him. | Ro 9:9 |
| Genesis 18:14 – “Is anything too difficult for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” | Ro 9:9 |
| Genesis 18:18 – since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed? | Gal 3:8 |
| Genesis 21:10 – Therefore she said to Abraham, “Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son Isaac.” | Gal. 4:30 |
| Genesis 21:12 – But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named. | Ro 9:7; He 11:18 |
| Genesis 22:17 – indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. | He 6:13, 14 |
| Genesis 22:18 – “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” | Acts 3:25; Gal. 3:8, 16 |
| Genesis 25:23 – The Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb; And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people shall be stronger than the other; And the older shall serve the younger.” | Ro 9:12 |
| Genesis 26:4 – “I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; | Acts 3:25 |
| Genesis 28:12 – He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. | Jn 1:51 |
| Genesis 28:14 – “Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.” | Re 1:7 “all the tribes of the earth“ |
| Genesis 47:31– He said, “Swear to me.” So he swore to him. Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed. (LXX: on the top of his staff) | He 11:21 |
A quotation is a word-for-word citation of the original source, often preceded by “it is written.” Sometimes the biblical authors are quoting the Septuagint rather than the Hebrew text.
An allusion is a reference to the original source using the the same key words or thoughts without quoting word for word.
Because the New Testament writers often borrow the language of the Old Testament (allusion) rather than quote verses directly, different scholars have different counts for the number of times an Old Testament book is quoted in the New Testament. Comparison of various sources reveals considerable variation as to what is interpreted as an Old Testament quotation. Also, many of the Old Testament quotes are from the Septuagint (LXX) which is why the New Testament wording may appear somewhat different.
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