A. CREATION, Chapters 1, 2
1. Heaven and Earth, Gen 1:1
“Create” (bara) occurs only 3 times, vv. 1, 21, 27
2. Earth became waste and void, Gen 1:2
3. Re-creation, Gen 1:3-2:25
a. First Day — light, Gen 1:3-5
b. Second Day — air spaces (firmament), Gen 1:6-8
c. Third Day — dry land appears and plant life, Gen 1:9-13
d. Fourth Day — sun, moon, stars appear, Gen 1:14-19
e. Fifth Day — animal life (biology), Gen 1:20-23
f. Sixth Day — fertility of creation and creation of man, Gen 1:24-31
g. Seventh Day — sabbath, Gen 2:1-3
h. Recapitulation of the creation of man, Gen 2:4-25
(Law of recurrence)
B. FALL, Chapters 3, 4
1. Root of sin — doubting and disobeying God
2. Fruit of sin — “Out of the heart proceed…murders…” (Matthew 15:19)
C. FLOOD, Chapters 5-9
1. Book of generations of Adam — through Seth — beginning of man’s history — obituary notices, Gen 5
2. Antediluvian Civilization — cause of flood and construction of ark, Gen 6
3. Judgment of flood, Gen 7
4. Postdiluvian civilization — after the flood, Gen 8
5. Postdiluvian life — new beginning, Gen 9
D. TOWER of BABEL and confusion of tongues, Chapters 10, 11
1. Ethnology — sons of Noah, Gen 10
2. Tower of Babel, Gen 11
(Contrast to Day of Pentecost)