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Genesis Bible Study Resources

July 21, 2020 By Krisan Marotta

Genesis Bible Study Resources | WednesdayintheWord.com

Study questions, maps, charts, key words, history, background, outlines, and links to help you study the Old Testament book of Genesis.

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Basics

  • Title: The Hebrew bereshith refers to “in the beginning”. The name Genesis means “origin” and refers to beginnings.
  • Author: Moses, probably written around 1400 BC while in the wilderness
  • Abraham’s family tree
  • Genesis is not a scientific document. (You don’t read Shakespeare to learn English history.)

Literary Structure

  1. Introduction – Gen 1:1-2:3
  2. “The account of the heavens and the earth” – Gen 2:4-4:26
  3. “The written account of Adam’s line” – Gen 5:1-6:8
  4. “The account of Noah” – Gen 6:9-9:29
  5. “The account of Shem, Ham and Japheth” – Gen 10:1-11:9
  6. “The account of Shem” – Gen 11:10-26
  7. “The account of Terah” – Gen 11:27-25:11
  8. “The account of Abraham’s son Ishmael” – Gen 25:12-18
  9. “The account of Abraham’s son Isaac” – Gen 25-19-35:29
  10. “The account of Esau” – Gen 36:1-37:1
  11. “The account of Jacob” – Gen 37:2-50:26

Thematic Structure

Primal History

  1. Creation – Gen 1:1-2:3
  2. Adam and Eve in Eden – Gen 2:4-25
  3. The fall and its consequences – Gen 3:1-24
  4. The rapid “progress” of sin – Gen 4:1-16
  5. Two genealogies – Gen 4:17-5:32
  6. The extent of sin before the fall- Gen 6:1-8
  7. The great flood – Gen 6:9-9:29
  8. The spread of the nations – Gen 10:1-11:26

Patriarchal History

  1. The life of Abraham – Gen 11:27-25:11
  2. The descendants of Ishmael – Gen 25:12-18
  3. The life of Jacob – Gen 25L19-35:29
  4. The descendants of Esau – Gen 36:1-37:1
  5. The life of Joseph – Gen 37:2-50:26

Genre: Understanding Narrative

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Section 1: Background

Background & Outlines

  • Chart: Bible History at a glance
  • Blue Letter Bible: Old Testament Timeline
  • Jensen’s Survey of the Old Testament
  • Bible Atlas: Egypt
  • Bible Atlas: Sinai
  • Bible Atlas: Mount Horeb/Sinai
  • Introduction to the Pentateuch
  • Ray C Stedman: Overview of the Book
  • John MacArthur: Author, Date, Background
  • ESV Introduction to Genesis
  • ESV The Global Message of Genesis
  • NIV: Introduction to Genesis
  • Biblehub: Timeline of Genesis
  • Hebrew Calendar
  • Genesis quotes in the NT
  • Pentateuch at a glance
  • Ligonier: Introduction to Genesis
  • Ligonier: Introduction to the Pentateuch
  • JVernon McGee: Genesis Notes & Outline
  • William Orr: 39 Keys to the OT – Genesis
  • Charles Swindoll: Book of Genesis Overview
  • James van dine: Analysis of Genesis
  • David Malick (Bible.org): An Introduction to Genesis
  • David Malick: An Argument of the Book of Genesis
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Section 2: Maps

Maps from Bible-History.com

  • The Land of Israel and the Book of Genesis
  • The Ancient World and the Book of Genesis
  • The Supposed Location of the Garden of Eden
  • The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  • Mount Ararat and Mesopotamia
  • The Descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japheth
  • The Hamites and Nimrod
  • The Kingdom of Nimrod
  • Ur of the Chaldees at the Time of Abraham
  • The Egyptian Kingdom at the Time of Abraham
  • The Hittites and the Land of Canaan
  • Canaan During the Time of Abraham
  • Sodom and Gomorrah
  • The Ancient Jordan River
  • Ancient Shechem at the Time of Jacob
  • The Nile River at the Time of Moses

Maps from Holman Bible Atlas

The Face of the Ancient Near East

  • The Ancient Near East
  • Biblical Regions
  • Modern States and the Ancient Near East
  • Mesopotamia: Homeland of Abraham
  • Egypt: Land of Bondage
  • Syria and Lebanon
  • International Routes, The King’s Highway
  • Geography and Trade Routes of the Middle East

Natural Regions of Palestine

  • National Regions of Ancient Palestine
  • Physical Geography of Palestine
  • Topography of Palestine
  • Cross Sectional Views of Longitudinal Zones
  • Northern Coastal Plains
  • Plain of Dor, Plain of Sharon, Samaria, et al.
  • Philistine Plain, Shephelah, Judah, and the Dead Sea
  • Arabah, Negeb, Wildernesses of Zin and Paran
  • The Old City of Jerusalem Today
  • Modern Political Divisions of Ancient Palestine
  • Climate Patterns of Ancient Palestine

Before Abraham

  • Selected Neolithic and Chalcolithic Settlements
  • The Table of Nations_(1)
  • The Table of Nations_(2)
  • Ancient Near East in the 3rd Millennium

The World of the Patriarchs

  • Ancient Near East in the Time of the Patriarchs
  • The Land of Canaan from Abraham to Moses
  • Palestine in the Middle Bronze Age
  • The Migration of Abraham
  • Abraham in Canaan
  • Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
  • Travels of Jacob
  • The Journeys of Joseph

ESV Charts & Maps

  • Genealogies of Genesis
  • Genealogies: Age at Fatherhood and Death
  • Chronology of Noah’s Time in Ark
  • Generations of Genesis
  • Garden of Eden
  • Table of Nations
  • Abram Travels to Canaan
  • Jacob Returns to Canaan
  • Egypt at the Time of Joseph
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Section 3: Key Words

Key Words

  • God said (89x) – Gen 1:3; Gen 1:6; Gen 1:9; Gen 1:11; Gen 1:14; Gen 1:20; Gen 1:24; Gen 1:26; Gen 1:28; Gen 1:29; Gen 2:18; Gen 3:1; Gen 3:3; Gen 3:9; Gen 3:13; Gen 3:14; Gen 3:22; Gen 4:25; Gen 6:13; Gen 9:1; Gen 9:12; Gen 9:17; Gen 9:26; Gen 14:19; Gen 14:22; Gen 15:2; Gen 15:8; Gen 15:13; Gen 16:13; Gen 17:1; Gen 17:9; Gen 17:15; Gen 17:18; Gen 17:19; Gen 17:23; Gen 20:3; Gen 20:6; Gen 20:11; Gen 20:13; Gen 21:6; Gen 21:12; Gen 21:17; Gen 22:1; Gen 22:8; Gen 22:12; Gen 24:12; Gen 24:27; Gen 24:42; Gen 26:24; Gen 27:20; Gen 28:13; Gen 28:17; Gen 30:2; Gen 30:6; Gen 30:18; Gen 30:20; Gen 30:23; Gen 31:5; Gen 31:11; Gen 31:16; Gen 31:24; Gen 32:2; Gen 32:9; Gen 32:28; Gen 32:30; Gen 33:5; Gen 33:10; Gen 35:1; Gen 35:10; Gen 35:11; Gen 40:8; Gen 41:25; Gen 41:39; Gen 41:51; Gen 41:52; Gen 42:18; Gen 42:28; Gen 43:23; Gen 43:29; Gen 44:16; Gen 46:2; Gen 46:3; Gen 48:3; Gen 48:9; Gen 48:11; Gen 48:15; Gen 48:21; Gen 50:19; Gen 50:24;
  • God commanded (4x) – Gen 2:16; Gen 6:22; Gen 7:9; Gen 7:16; Gen 21:4.
  • generations (14x) – Strong’s H8435 – Gen 5:1; Gen 6:9; Gen 9:12; Gen 10:1; Gen 11:10; Gen 11:27; Gen 17:7; Gen 17:9; Gen 17:12; Gen 25:12; Gen 25:19; Gen 36:1; Gen 36:9; Gen 37:2.
  • covenant (23x) – Strong’s H1285 in Gen 6:18; Gen 9:9; Gen 9:11; Gen 9:12; Gen 9:13; Gen 9:15; Gen 9:16; Gen 9:17; Gen 15:18; Gen 17:2; Gen 17:4; Gen 17:7; Gen 17:9; Gen 17:10; Gen 17:11; Gen 17:13; Gen 17:14; Gen 17:19; Gen 17:21; Gen 21:27; Gen 21:32; Gen 26:28; Gen 31:44.
  • circumcised (15x) – Strong’s H4135 in Gen 17:10; Gen 17:11; Gen 17:12; Gen 17:13; Gen 17:14; Gen 17:23; Gen 17:24; Gen 17:25; Gen 17:26; Gen 17:27; Gen 21:4; Gen 34:15; Gen 34:17; Gen 34:22; Gen 34:24.
  • altar (11x) – Strong’s H4196 – Gen 8:20; Gen 12:7; Gen 12:8; Gen 13:4; Gen 13:18; Gen 22:9; Gen 26:25; Gen 33:20; Gen 35:1; Gen 35:3; Gen 35:7.
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Section 4: Encyclopedias

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Genesis

  • Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Genesis, Theology Of
  • American Tract Society: Genesis
  • Bridgeway Bible Dictionary: Genesis
  • Easton’s Bible Dictionary: Genesis
  • Fausset Bible Dictionary: Genesis, the Book of
  • Holman Bible Dictionary: Genesis
  • Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible: Genesis
  • Morrish Bible Dictionary: Genesis, Book of
  • International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Genesis
  • McClintock and Strong: Genesis
  • The Nuttall Encyclopedia: Genesis
  • The Jewish Encyclopedia: Genesis, the Book Of

Abraham, Abram

  • Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Abraham
  • American Tract Society: Abraham
  • Bridgeway Bible Dictionary: Abraham
  • Easton’s Bible Dictionary: Abraham
  • Fausset Bible Dictionary: Abraham
  • Holman Bible Dictionary: Abraham
  • Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible: Abraham
  • Morrish Bible Dictionary: Abraham
  • International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Abraham
  • McClintock and Strong: Abraham
  • The Nuttall Encyclopedia: Abraham
  • The Jewish Encyclopedia: Abraham
  • Abraham means “Father of a great multitude” – Hitchcock’s Bible Names
  • Abram means “high father” – Hitchcock’s Bible Names

Jacob

  • Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Jacob
  • American Tract Society: Jacob
  • Bridgeway Bible Dictionary: Jacob
  • Easton’s Bible Dictionary: Jacob
  • Fausset Bible Dictionary: Jacob
  • Holman Bible Dictionary: Jacob
  • Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible: Jacob
  • Morrish Bible Dictionary: Jacob
  • International Standard Bible Encyclopedia:  Jacob (1); Jacob (2)
  • McClintock and Strong: Jacob
  • The Nuttall Encyclopedia: Jacob
  • The Jewish Encyclopedia: Jacob

Joseph

  • Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology:
  • American Tract Society: Joseph
  • Bridgeway Bible Dictionary: Joseph the Son of Jacob
  • Easton’s Bible Dictionary: Joseph
  • Fausset Bible Dictionary: Joseph
  • Holman Bible Dictionary: Joseph
  • Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible: Joseph
  • Morrish Bible Dictionary: Joseph
  • International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Joseph (1); Joseph (2)
  • McClintock and Strong: Joseph
  • The Nuttall Encyclopedia: Joseph
  • The Jewish Encyclopedia: Joseph
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Section 5: Commentaries

Commentaries

  • Ligionier.org Top 5 Commentaries: Genesis
  • Tim Challies Best Commentaries: Genesis
  • Commentary Reviews: Genesis
  •  NICOT – Victor P. Hamilton
  •  WBC – Gordon J. Wenham
  • Calvin’s Commentary on the Bible: Genesis
  • Matthew Henry: Genesis
  • Albert Barnes Notes: Genesis
  • Reformation Study Bible Notes: Genesis
  • Geneva Study Bible: Genesis
  • Precept Austin Commentaries & Sermons: Genesis
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Section 6: Articles

Institute for Creation Research

  • List of links that have “Genesis” in the article including:
  • Genesis: Real, Reliable, Historical
  • Does Genesis Matter to the Gospel?
  • Genesis and Climate Change
  • Is Genesis 1–11 Actual History?
  • Genesis Is History, Not Poetry: Exposing Hidden Assumptions about What Hebrew Poetry Is and Is Not
  • The Draining Floodwaters: Geologic Evidence Reflects the Genesis Text
  • The Flood of Noah and the Flood of Gilgamesh 
  • Preaching Genesis
  • Time and Creation
  • Men and Dinosaurs Coexisted
  • Dinosaurs and Dragon Legends
  • Evolutionists Can’t Fill the Hexapod Gap
  • Archive of Back to Genesis Articles

Articles

  • Alfred Edersheim: Genesis – The World Before the Flood, and The History of the Patriarchs
  • Daniel Estes: Genesis – Looking For Abraham’s City (Bibliotheca Sacra, 1990)
  • Walter Kaiser: The Promised Land: A Biblical-Historical View (Bibliotheca Sacra, 1981)
  • Bruce Waltke: Genesis 4 Cain and His Offering (WTJ, 1986)
  • The Skull Crushing Seed of the Woman: Inner-Biblical Interpretation of Genesis 3:15 James Hamilton 
  • Ailing, Charles. “Joseph in Egypt” Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
  • Interpretation of Genesis: Journal of Ev Theo Soc13.4, 1970 G Van Groningen
  • Bullmore, Michael A. “The Four Most Important Biblical Passages For A Christian Environmentalism” Trinity Journal 19 (1998)
  • Grounds, Vernon C. “God’s Perspective on Man,” Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation
  • Kline, Meredith.  “Because It Had not Rained,”  Westminster Theological Journal 20
  • Hasel, G. F.  “The Significance of the Cosmology in Gen 1 in Relation to Ancient near Eastern Parallels,”  Andrews University Seminary Studies
  • Estes, Daniel J. “Looking for Abraham’s City,” Bibliotheca Sacra 147
  • Dilling, David R. “The Atonement and Human Sacrifice,” Grace Theological Journal 5 
  • Phillips, Perry G. “Did Animals Die before the Fall?” Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith
  • Rooker, Mark F. “Genesis 1:1-3: Creation or Re-Creation? Pt 1 Bib Sac 149 (Part 2) 
  • Sailhamer, John. “Exegetical Notes: Genesis 1:1-2:4a,” TrinityJournal 5.1 (1984)
  •  Seely, Paul H. “The Firmament and the Water Above”  WTJ 5
  • Hummel, Charles E. “Interpreting Genesis One,”  Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 
  •  Davidson, Richard  Theology of Sexuality in the Beginning  Ge 1-2  & Genesis 3
  •  Merrill, Eugene H. “Covenant and the Kingdom: Genesis 1-3 as Foundation for Biblical Theology,” Criswell Theological Review 1.2
  • Feinberg, Charles Lee. “The Image of God,” Bibliotheca Sacra 129 
  • Futato, Mark D. “Because It Had Not Rained:  A Study  WTJ 60.1 – Part 1
  • Futato, Mark D. “Because It Had Not Rained:  A Study  WTJ 60.1 – Part 2
  • Spencer, Dante – Protoevangelium of Genesis 3:15 
  • Busenitz, Irvin A.  “Woman’s Desire for Man:  Ge 3:16 Reconsidered  Grace Theological Journal 7.2 
  • Foh, Susan T. “What is the Woman’s Desire?” WTJ 37 (1974/75) 376-83.
  • Cole, Timothy J. “Enoch, a Man Who Walked with God” BibSac 148 
  • Newman, Robert. “The Ancient Exegesis of Genesis 6:2, 4 Grace Theo J
  • Ross, Allen P. “Studies in the Book of Genesis. Part 1: The Curse of Canaan. Bib Sac 137 (1980) 223-40. 
  • Ross, Allen P. “The Table of Nations in Genesis 10—Its Content:  Part 3 Studies in the Book of Genesis,”  Bib Sac 138 (1980) 22-34. 
  • Seely, Paul H.  “The Date f he Tower of Babel and Some Theo Implications,” WTJ
  • Ross, Allen P. “The Dispersion of the Nations in Gen 11:1-9” Bib Sacra 138 (1981) 119-38. 
  • Rotenberry, Paul. “Blessing in the Old Testament, a Study of Gen. 12:3  Restoration Quaterly
  • Lawlor, John I. “The Test of Abraham Genesis 22:1-19” Grace Theo J 1.1
  • Marrs, Rick R. “Sacrificing our Future (Genesis 22),” Restoration Quarterly
  • Ross, Allen P. “Jacob’s Vision: The Founding of Bethel. Bib Sacra 142 (1985) 224-37. 
  •  Ross, Allen P. “Jacob at the Jabbok, Israel at Peniel Bib Sacra 142 (1985) 338-54. 
  • Mathewson, S. D. “An Exegetical Study of Gen 38,” Bibliotheca Sacra 146
  • Curtis, Edward M.  “Genesis 38: Its Context(s) and Function,” Criswell Theological Review 5.2 (1991) 247-57.  
  • JStafford Wright: How Moses Compiled Genesis: A Suggestion

John Ankerberg, John Weldon

  • Biblical Archaeology – Silencing the Critics – Pt 1 – short summary series
  • Biblical Archaeology – Silencing the Critics – Pt 2
  • Biblical Archaeology – Silencing the Critics – Pt 3
  • The Discovery of the Sin Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah Pt 1 
  • The Discovery of the Sin Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah Pt 2 
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Section 7: Got Questions

GotQuestions.org

Treat these like any commentary: read carefully and critically.

  • Book of Genesis – Bible Survey
  • What is the tablet theory of Genesis authorship, and is it biblical?
  • Does Genesis chapter 1 literally mean 24 hour days?
  • Why did God say, “Let there be light,” during creation?
  • Why is a day measured from evening to morning in Genesis 1?
  • What is the Gap Theory? Did anything happen in between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2?
  • What is the canopy theory?
  • How could there be light on the first day of Creation if the sun was not created until the fourth day?
  • Why are there two different Creation accounts in Genesis chapters 1-2?
  • What happened on each of the days of Creation?
  • Why does the Bible describe the moon as a light?
  • Why did God rest on the seventh day of creation (Genesis 2:2)?
  • Why did God make man out of the dust of the earth (Genesis 2:7)?
  • What is the biblical Creation story?
  • How do beliefs about creation impact the rest of theology?
  • What is the meaning of the Hebrew word adamah?
  • What is the breath of life?
  • Were Adam and Eve saved? How many children did Adam and Eve have? When were Adam and Eve created?
  • Who was Eve in the Bible?
  • What does it mean that God gave humanity dominion over the animals?
  • Why weren’t Adam and Eve created at the same time (Genesis 2)?
  • What does it mean that it is not good for a man to be alone (Genesis 2:18)?
  • Why did God use Adam’s rib to create Eve?
  • What does it mean that a wife is supposed to be a helpmeet / help meet?
  • How was the woman a helper suitable for the man (Genesis 2:18)?
  • What did God mean when He told Adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply?
  • Did God create other people in addition to Adam and Eve?
  • What is a toledot?
  • Was Satan the serpent in Genesis chapter 3?
  • Was Adam with Eve when she spoke to the serpent (Genesis 3:6)?
  • What is the meaning of the tree of life?
  • Was Adam and Eve’s sin really about eating a piece of forbidden fruit?
  • Did God literally and visibly walk in the garden (Genesis 3:8)?
  • How is a woman’s desire for her husband a curse (Genesis 3:16)?
  • Did Adam and Eve know what death was when God commanded them not to eat from the tree of knowledge?
  • Why didn’t Adam and Eve immediately die for their sin (Genesis 3)?
  • Why did God punish women with pain in childbirth (Genesis 3:16)?
  • Is it wrong to reduce birth pains by taking pain relievers?
  • What is the Adamic covenant?
  • What is the protoevangelium?
  • What does Genesis 3:15 mean that “he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel”?
  • Did we all inherit sin from Adam and Eve?
  • How did the Fall affect humanity?
  • What is the location of the Garden of Eden?
  • Why did God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden?
  • Why didn’t Adam and Eve find it strange that a serpent was talking to them?
  • How did the knowledge of good and evil make man like God (Genesis 3:22)?
  • Why was it wrong for Adam and Eve to know good and evil (Genesis 3:22)?
  • Why did God have the cherubim guard just the east side of Eden (Genesis 3:24)?
  • Why did God accept Abel’s offering, but reject Cain’s offering? Why did Cain then kill Abel?
  • Who was Cain’s wife?
  • Who was Cain afraid of after he killed Abel?
  • What was the mark that God put on Cain (Genesis 4:15)?
  • Why wasn’t Cain’s punishment death (Genesis 4:14)?
  • Am I my brother’s keeper?
  • How did Cain die? What happened to Cain?
  • Why did people in Genesis live such long lives?
  • Who was the oldest man in the Bible?
  • Why did Lamech think Noah would bring comfort (Genesis 5:29)?
  • Who are the sons of God and daughters of men in Genesis 6:1-4?
  • Who / what were the Nephilim?
  • What is the definition of antediluvian?
  • Who was Noah in the Bible?
  • What was it like in the days of Noah?
  • Why did God send the flood when He knew sin would continue after the flood?
  • Why did God also destroy animals in the Flood (Genesis 6-8)?
  • Were fish and sea creatures also destroyed during the Flood (Genesis 6-8)?
  • Was Noah’s flood global?
  • Had it ever rained before the Flood in Noah’s day?
  • Did the Bible copy the Flood account from other myths and legends?
  • How long did it take Noah to build the ark? How long was Noah on the ark?
  • What is gopher wood?
  • Why did Noah release a raven? Why did he later release a dove (Genesis 8)?
  • How did Noah fit all the animals on the ark?
  • What made some animals clean and others unclean (Genesis 7)?
  • Would the discovery of Noah’s Ark be important?
  • What is the Noahic Covenant?
  • Why did God prohibit eating meat with blood in it (Genesis 9:4)?
  • Why did God mandate capital punishment for murder (Genesis 9:6)?
  • Why did Noah get drunk after the flood?
  • Why did Noah curse Ham / Canaan?
  • What does it mean to uncover nakedness in the Bible?
  • Who were the sons of Noah, and what happened to them and their descendants?
  • In what way was the earth divided in Peleg’s time?
  • What happened at the Tower of Babel?
  • What is the Table of Nations?
  • What is the biblical account of Shem, Ham, and Japheth?
  • Who were the Rephaim?
  • Who was Chedorlaomer / Kedorlaomer?
  • Who was Melchizedek?
  • Why was a burial place so important in the Bible?
  • Who was Abraham in the Bible?
  • What was Abraham’s religion before God called him?
  • What is the blessing of Abraham?
  • Why was Abraham promised land that belonged to others (Genesis 12)?
  • What is the story of Abraham and Lot?
  • Why did God punish Pharaoh for Abram’s lie (Genesis 12:17)?
  • How many wives did Abraham have?
  • How many sons did Abraham have?
  • What is the Abrahamic Covenant?
  • Who was Sarah in the Bible?
  • How long did Abraham and Sarah have to wait for Isaac?
  • What was a blood covenant (Genesis 15:9-21)?
  • Why did God send the Israelites to Egypt for 400 years (Genesis 15:13)?
  • What does it mean that “the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure” (Genesis 15:16)?
  • What is the land that God promised to Israel?
  • Who were the three men who visited Abraham in Genesis 18?
  • Why did Abraham bargain with God in regard to Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18)?
  • What is the significance of a city gate in the Bible?
  • What was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?
  • Why was Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of salt?
  • Why did Lot offer up his daughters to be gang raped? Why did God allow Lot’s daughters to later have sex with their father?
  • What were Admah and Zeboiim in the Bible?
  • Who was Isaac in the Bible?
  • What was the significance of weaning a child in the Bible (Genesis 21:8)?
  • What is the story of Sarah and Hagar?
  • Why did Abraham banish Ishmael (Genesis 21:14)?
  • Who are the descendants of Ishmael?
  • Why did oaths involve putting a hand under someone’s thigh (Genesis 24:9)?
  • Why did God command Abraham to sacrifice Isaac?
  • How old was Isaac when Abraham almost sacrificed him?
  • What is the significance of the cave of Machpelah?
  • Who was Jacob in the Bible?
  • Why is Jacob called Jacob and Israel alternately in the book of Genesis?
  • What was the story of Jacob and Esau?
  • Why was a father’s blessing so highly valued in the Old Testament?
  • What is the difference between a blessing and a birthright (Genesis 25)?
  • What is Jacob’s Ladder?
  • What is the significance of Peniel in the Bible?
  • How could Jacob not notice he married Leah instead of Rachel?
  • What is the story of Jacob, Leah, and Rachel?
  • What was the purpose of a dowry (Genesis 31:15)?
  • Did Jacob placing branches in front of his flock really result in the offspring being speckled and spotted?
  • What is the birth order of Jacob’s thirteen children?
  • Why did people keep family idols in the Bible?
  • What is the meaning of Jacob wrestling with God?
  • What are the mandrakes mentioned in the Bible?
  • Who was Joseph in the Bible?
  • Why did Jacob give Joseph a coat of many colors?
  • What is the significance of a scarlet thread?
  • What is the story of Joseph and his brothers?
  • What is the story of Joseph and Potiphar?
  • What can we learn from the account of Potiphar’s wife?
  • How long was Joseph in prison?
  • Who were the priests of On? Was Joseph wrong to marry the daughter of a pagan priest (Genesis 41)?
  • Was Joseph the same person as Imhotep in Egyptian history?
  • Why did Pharaoh give Joseph so much power?
  • What is the meaning of Zaphenath-Paneah in Genesis 41:45?
  • What kind of divination did Joseph do in Genesis 44:5, 15?
  • What are the twelve tribes of Israel?
  • Were Jacob’s prophecies about his sons fulfilled?
  • Who/what is the Lion of the tribe of Judah?
  • What does it mean that the scepter will not depart from Judah (Genesis 49:10)?
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Section 8: Next

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