Genesis Topical Outline

Introduction

Chapter 1

The First Creation Account 1:1-2:3

Chapter 2

The Second Creation Account 2:4-25

Chapter 3

Two trees, a talking serpent, and a fearful god 3:1-24

Chapter 4

Cain kills his brother Abel 4:1-8

The life of Cain 4:9-18

Lamech, a bigamist and a murderer 4:19-24

Adam and Eve have another boy: Seth 4:25-16

Chapter 5

Adam's family 5:1-5

From Seth to Noah: The incredibly long lives of the patriarchs 5:6-32

Chapter 6

The sons of God 6:1-4

God plans the flood 6:5-22

Chapter 7

Noah's Ark 7:1-10

The Great Flood 7:11-24

Chapter 8

The flood subsides 8:1-19

Noah's sacrifice 8:20-22

Chapter 9

God's Post Flood Instructions 9:1-7

The Rainbow 9:8-19

Noah, the drunk and naked 9:20-21

The curse of Canaan 9:22-29

Chapter 10

The Descendants of Japheth 10:1-19

The Descendants of Ham 10:20-30

The Descendants of Shem 10:31-33

Chapter 11

The Tower of Babel 11:1-9

From Shem to Abraham 11:10-26

Abraham, Sarah, and Lot travel to Haran 11:27-32

Chapter 12

Abraham travels to Canaan 12:1-9

Sarah lies for Abraham (the first time) 12:10-20

Chapter 13

Abraham, Sarah, and Lot return to Canaan. 13:1-5

Abraham and Lot split up. 13:6-9

Lot chooses Sodom for his new home. 13:10-13

God promises to give Abraham everything else. 13:14-18

Chapter 14

The Battle of Sodom and Gomorrah 14:1-24

Chapter 15

God's promise to Abraham 15:1-21

Chapter 16

Abraham impregnates Sarah's slave, Hagar. 16:1-4

Sarah forces Hagar to leave. 16:5-6

God sends an angel to retrieve Hagar. 16:7-14

Hagar gives birth to a son, Ishmael. 16:15-16

Chapter 17

God's everlasting covenant: Circumcision! 17:1-14

God promises to get Sarah pregnant. 17:15-16

Abraham laughs at God. 17:17-22

Abraham, Ishmael, and male slaves are circumcised. 17:23-27

Chapter 18

Abraham feeds God and three men. 18:1-8

Sarah laughs at God. 18:9-15

God wonders if he should tell Abraham about Sodom. 18:16-22

Abraham tries to talk God out of killing everyone in Sodom. 18:23-33

Chapter 19

Two angels come to Sodom 19:1-3

The men of Sodom ask to get to know the angels 19:4-5

Lot offers them his two virgin daughters 19:6-9

Lot and his family leave Sodom, and God destroys it 19:10-25

Lot's wife looks back, and God turns her into salt 19:25-29

Lot gets drunk and impregnates his daughters 19:30-38

Chapter 20

Abraham repeats the "She's my sister" lie. 20:1-2

God threatens to kill Abimelech and his people. 20:3-11

Abraham says it was only a half lie. 20:12-16

God opens all the wombs in Abimelech's kingdom. 20:17-18

Chapter 21

God visits Sarah and she concieves. 21:1-7

Sarah tells Abraham to abandon his first son, Ishmael. 21:8-11

God tells Abraham to do as Sarah says. 21:12-13

Abraham does as he's told. 21:14-22

Abraham swears to God. 21:23-34

Chapter 22

God tells Abraham to kill his son, Isaac. 22:1-2

Abraham prepares to kill his son for God. 22:3-10

An angel to the rescue! 22:11-15

God blesses Abraham for his willingness to kill his son. 22:16-24

Chapter 23

Sarah dies. 23:1-2

Abraham buries Sarah in a cave 23:3-20

Chapter 24

Abraham makes his servant swear to God. 24:1-9

The servant finds a wife for Isaac - Rebekah. 24:10-67

Chapter 25

Abraham takes another wife - Keturah. 25:1-4

Abraham dies, giving all his possessions to Isaac. 25:5-11

The generations of Ishmael 25:12-18

The birth of Isaac's sons, Esau and Jacob 25:19-28

Esau sells his inheritance for a bowl of lentil soup. 25:29-34

Chapter 26

God tells Isaac to visit the land of the Philistines. 26:1-6

Isaac uses his dad's famous "She's my sister" lie. 26:7-11

God blessed Isaac in the land of the Philistines. 26:12-17

Isaac digs some wells. 26:18-22

Isaac went to Beersheba. 26:23-33

Esau married Judith and Bashemath. 26:34-35

Chapter 27

Jacob and Rebekah deceive Isaac 27:1-46

Chapter 28

Isaac's instruction to his son Jacob: Don't marry a Canaanite. 28:1:5

Esau collects a third wife. 28:6-9

Jacob dreams on a pillow of stones. 28:1-17

Jacob made a pillar from one of his stone pillows. 28:18-22

Chapter 29

The story of Jacob and Rachel (and the Great Baby-Making Contest) 29:1-35

Chapter 30

The Great Baby-Making Contest Continues 30:1-24

Jacob asks Laban to let him leave. 30:25-31

Jacob's speckled and spotted cattle caper 30:32-48