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)