GENESIS

 Genesis (from a Greek word, meaning “origins” or “beginnings”) is a book about beginnings: the beginning of the world, the beginning of sin, a new beginning after the flood, the beginning of nations, and the beginning of Israel. Ultimately, it is about the beginning of God’s plan of redemption. The book is typically divided into two parts: (1) Genesis 1–11, often called “the primeval history,” which tells of the the creation and fall (Genesis 1–3), the flood (Genesis 6–9), and the tower of Babel (Genesis 11). (2) Genesis 12–50, often referred to an “patriarchal narratives” or “ancestral history” because it focuses on the ancestors of Israel—Abraham and Sarah (Genesis 12–23), Isaac and Rebekah (Genesis 24–26), Jacob and his wives (Genesis 27–36), and Joseph and his brothers (Genesis 37–50). These stories establish the Abrahamic covenant and illustrate how even human sin and follies cannot thwart God’s plan to bless and save the world.

Click each chapter below to see available resources for sermons preached for each chapter of Genesis.