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Johan

Dr. Steven H. Sanchez

Old Testament Survey

6 September 2021

Genesis Summary

God created the heavens, earth, and everything that lives. He made humankind, man and

woman, and gave them charge over the earth. God told them to eat everything except the middle

tree, but the serpent deceived the woman and they ate of the tree. God sent Adam and Eve out of

the garden. Eve's sons made offerings to God. Only Abel's was acceptable, so Cain killed him

and God sent Cain away. Adam had Noah. Noah's sons were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Humankind became great but with evil. God decided to destroy them. God told Noah to build an

ark to be saved from the flood. Noah’s family went into the ark with two of each creature. It

rained for forty days and forty nights. After many years passed, nations formed, and built a

tower, but the Lord confused their language and stopped the building. Shem's line included

Abram who married Sarai. God told Abram, go I will make you a great nation and you will be a

blessing. Abram journeyed with his nephew Lot. Soon after Lot went to Sodom and Abram to

Canaan. The Lord promised Abram the land. Melchizedek blessed Abram and Abram gave him a

tenth of everything. The Lord promised Abram an heir. Sarai told Abram to have children with

Hagar. Hagar conceived, then ran away, but an angel sent her back. Hagar's son was Ishmael.

God renamed Abram to Abraham and God also renamed Sarai to Sarah. The men in Abraham’s

house were circumcised. Three visitors came and said that Sarah would have a son next year.

Sodom was very evil at that time so the Angels destroyed Sodom by fire. As God promised,

Sarah had a son called, Isaac. God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. As Abraham obeyed, an
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angel stopped him and the Lord provided a ram instead. Isaac married Rebekah, Isaac, and

Rebekah had twins Esau and Jacob. Jacob took Esau blessed from Isaac. Isaac sent Jacob to

marry one of Laban's daughters, and Jacob worked for Laban seven years to marry Rachel. But

Laban gave him Leah and made him work seven more years for Rachel. Jacob heard that Esau

was coming, he was afraid and sent gifts. Then Esau and his men arrived. Jacob bowed down but

Esau ran to embrace him and God renamed Jacob as Israel. Joseph was Israel's favorite son. He

had dreams and his brothers were jealous so they sold him he was bought by Potiphar in Egypt.

Potiphar put Joseph in charge of his house one day Pharaoh had a dream and called for Joseph to

interpret it. The dream predicted a famine. Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of all Egypt. Joseph's

brothers went to Egypt to buy grain but didn't recognize him so Joseph told his brothers who he

was. His brothers went to fetch their father and all his family came to Egypt. Joseph took his

sons to see him. Jacob blessed Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh and God blesses them.