Genesis

1. Part I: 1-11 Genesis Lesson 1: Book of Generations

2. 1. Genesis was written in Hebrew (1500 BC), and is found in the Masoretic Text (930 – 1008 AD). Genesis 10 1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: … 21Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

3. Genesis 10 22The children of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. 24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 25And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg [division]; for in his days was the earth divided … עברעברי Eber Hebrew = Eberite

4. 1. Genesis was written in Hebrew (1500 BC), and is found in the Masoretic Text (930 – 1008 AD). 2. Genesis was translated into the Greek Septuagint (150 BC) and is found in the Alexandrian Text (325 – 450 AD).

5. Alexander the Great (356 – 323) Daniel 8 3Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns … 20The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.

6. Alexander the Great (356 – 323) Daniel 8 5… an he goat came from the west … and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. 7… and smote the ram and brake his two horns ... 21And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

7. Alexander the Great (356 – 323) Daniel 8 8Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. 22Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.

8. Alexander the Great (356 – 323) Daniel 11 2… there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth … shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. 3And a mighty king shall stand up … 4… his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity …

9. Alexander the Great (356 – 323) Grecia = יון = Javan Genesis 10 2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

10. Alexander the Great (356 – 323) Genesis 9 26… Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

11. Masoretic Text vs. Septuagint (LXX) Luke 3 35… which was the son of Hē’-bẽr, which was the son of Sā’-lã, 36which was the son of Ĉā-ī’-nãn, which was the son of År-phăx’-ăd, which was the son of Sĕm, which was the son of Nō’-ẽ … Noah Shem Arphaxad Cainan Salah Eber

12. Masoretic Text vs. Septuagint (LXX) Genesis 10 (MT) 24And År-phăx’-ăd begat Sā’-lãh; and Sā’-lãh begat Ē’-bẽr. Noah Shem Arphaxad Cainan Genesis 10 (LXX) 24And År-phăx’-ăd begot Ĉā-ī’-nãn, and Ĉā-ī’-nãn be-got Sā’-lãh. And Sā’-lãh be-got Ē’-bẽr. Salah Eber

13. Genesis 11 (MT) 13And År-phăx’-ăd lived after he begat Sā’-lãh four hundred and three years … 14And Sā’-lãh lived thirty years, and begat Ē’-bẽr. Genesis 11 (LXX) 13And År-phăx’-ăd lived after he had begotten Ĉā-ī’-nãn, four hundred years … And Ĉā-ī’-nãn lived a hundred and thirty years and begot Sā’-lãh … 14And Sā’-lãh lived an hundred and thirty years, and begot Hē’-bẽr.

14. LXX MT בְּרֵאשִׁית (Bereshiyt) In the Beginning 1. Γένεσις (Genesis) Generation שְׁמוֹת(Shemot) Names 2. Ἔξοδος (Exodos) Journey Out וַיִּקְרָה (Vayyiqrah) And He Called 3. Λευϊτικόν (Leuitikon) Levitical בְּמִדְבָּר(Bemidbar) In the Wilderness 4. Ἀριθμοί (Arithmoi) Numbers דְּבָרִים(Devariym) Words 5. Δευτερονόμιον (Deuteronomion) Second Law

15. Genesis: the Book of Generations Ge 2:4 book of genesis of heaven and earth Ge 5:1 book of genesis of men Mt 1:1 book of genesis of Jesus Christ Ge 2:4 βίβλος γενέσεως οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς Ge 5:1 βίβλος γενέσεως ἀνθρώπων Mt 1:1 βίβλος γενέσεως Ίησοῦ Χριστοῦ Ge 2:4 biblos geneseos ouranou kai ges Ge 5:1 biblos geneseos anthropon Mt 1:1 biblos geneseos Iesou Christou

16. Genesis: the Book of Generations Ge 2:4 book of genesis of heaven and earth Ge 5:1 book of genesis of men Mt 1:1 book of genesis of Jesus Christ Gen. 1 – Gen. 4: nature of infinity Gen. 5 – Mal. 4: nature of humanity Mat. 1 – Rev. 22: nature of Christianity

17. Genesis: the Book of Generations Ge 2:4 book of genesis of heaven and earth Ge 5:1 book of genesis of men 6:9 genesis of Noah 10:1 genesis of sons of Noah 11:10 genesis of Shem 11:27 genesis of Terah 25:12 genesis of Ishmael 25:19 genesis of Isaac 36:1,9 genesis of Esau 37:2 genesis of Jacob

18. Outline of Genesis 1 – 11 Adam 12 – 24 Abraham 25 – 50 Israel

19. Outline of Genesis Genesis 5 1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man … 2male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam … man = אָדָם = Adam = red

20. Outline of Genesis Genesis 2 17And the Lord God formed manof the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Isaiah 29 22Therefore thus saith the Lord … Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.

21. Outline of Genesis 1 – 11 Adam: scarlet face Jeremiah 6 15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? Nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush …

22. Outline of Genesis 1 – 11 Adam: scarlet face Jeremiah 30 6Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? Wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

23. Outline of Genesis 1 – 11 Adam: scarlet face 12 – 24 Abraham: strong faith Genesis 17 1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord … said … 5… thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

24. Outline of Genesis Romans 4 16…not to [the circumcision] only which is of the law, but to [the uncircumcision]also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 17(as it is written,” I have made thee a father of many nations,”) before Him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneththe dead …

25. Outline of Genesis Romans 4 18who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations … 19And being not weak in faith, he con-siderednot his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred … 20… but was strong in faith,

26. Outline of Genesis 1 – 11 Adam: scarlet face 12 – 24 Abraham: strong faith 25 – 50 Israel: spiritual family Genesis 32 28And he said, “Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.”

27. Outline of Genesis Romans 9 6… For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 8That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

28. Outline of Genesis John 3 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7Marvel not that I said unto thee, “Ye must be born again.”

29. Outline of Genesis Galatians 6 15For in Christ Jesus neither circumci-sionavaileth any thing, nor uncircum-cision, but a new creature. 16And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

30. Outline of Genesis 1 – 11 Adam: scarlet face 12 – 24 Abraham: strong faith 25 – 50 Israel: spiritual family

31. Part I: 1-11 Lesson 1: Book of Generations Lesson 2: God Genesis