The Book of Genesis: Perspectives

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The Book of GenesisPerspectives

• Chapters 1110-1616
• Life of Abraham
• Part 1

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Genesis
Week Date Topic
1 09 Dec 09 Introduction and the Creation 11-225 (Ben)
2 16 Dec 09 The Fall 31-532
3 23 Dec 09 Elder Selection Discussion (Herb)
4 30 Dec 09 The Flood 61-929
5 06 Jan 10 Table of Nations/Tower of Babel 101-119
6 13 Jan 10 Life of Abraham Part 1 1110-1616
7 20 Jan 10 Life of Abraham Part 2 171-2518
8 27 Jan 10 Life of Isaac 2519-2635
9 03 Feb 10 Life of Jacob 271-3643
10 10 Feb 10 Life of Esau 361-4334 (Ben)
11 17 Feb 10 Life of Joseph Corruption 371-3830
12 24 Feb 10 Life of Joseph Exaltation 391-4157
13 03 Mar 10 Life of Joseph Salvation 421-5025
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Todays Objectives

• Provide a review of last weeks lesson
• Learn about the descendants of Shem
• Learn about the descendants of Terah
• Learn about about Terah's travels
• Learn about Abram and Sarai
• Learn about Abram and Lot
• Learn about God's covenant with Abram
• Learn about the conflict between Sarai and Hagar
• Learn about the birth of Ishmael

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Last week

• Provided an overview of last weeks lesson,
  Genesis 6-9
• Learned about the account of Shem, Ham, and
  Japheth after the flood
• Learned about sons of Noah who play key roles in
  the Bible prior to Abraham
• Learned about the nations who trace their
  heritage back to the three sons of Noah
• Learned about the Tower of Babel

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Authorship

• Bible scholars attribute Genesis to Moses
• Inspired by God, Moses was the human instrument
  through which God spoke
• Also attributed to writing the first five books
  of the bible
• Date of writing
• Uncertain
• Probably between 1500-1400 BC
• Spans more time than any other book of the Bible
• Approximately 2370 years, more time than the
  other 65 books combined
• Oldest and most detailed record of ancient
  history in existence

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Terminology

• Bereshith
• Hebrew name for the book meaning in the
  beginning
• Septuagint
• Oldest Greek translation of the OT, around 270 BC
• Torah
• Hebrew word for the law, refers to the first
  five books
• Pentateuch
• Greek name for the first five books of the OT
• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Ancient manuscripts found in 1947 contain parts
  of all books of the OT except Esther, confirming
  translations

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Descendants of Shem (Gen 1110-1126)

• Arphaxad
• First of five sons of Shem
• Born two years after the flood, when Shem was 100
• Ancestor of Abraham
• Name may mean healer or releaser
• Jewish historians believe he founded Ur
• Shelah
• Son of Arphaxad
• Father of Eber
• Live 403 years

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Descendants of Shem (Gen 1110-1126)

• Eber (or Heber)
• Noahs great-grandson
• Father of Peleg
• Thought to have refused to help build Tower of
  Babel
• Peleg
• Earth was divided during his time
• Patriarchal division or maybe Tower of Babel
• Father of Reu
• Reu
• Father of Serug

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Descendants of Shem (Gen 1110-1126)

• Serug
• Great-grandfather of Abraham
• Father of Nahor
• Nahor
• Father of Terah
• Grandfather of Abraham

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Descendents of Terah (Gen 1127-1132)

• Abram, Nahor, and Haran
• Haran
• Father of Lot
• Died in Ur, the land of his birth
• Abram and Nahor both married
• Abram married Sarai
• Nahor married Milcah, the daughter of Haran
• Sarai was unable to have children
• Terah leaves Ur to go to Canaan
• With Abram, Lot, Sarai but settled in Haran
• Terah dies in Haran at the age of 205

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Call of Abram (Gen 121-129)

• God calls on Abram
• Leave his country and his people to go the an
  unknown land
• Abram will be made into a great nation and be
  blessed
• Abram obeys God
• Departs Haran with Lot, Sarai, and his people
• Ended up in Canaan
• Abram travels about the land of Canaan
• Moreh at Shechem
• Canaanites were in the land
• God conveys the land to Abram
• Abram builds an alter there

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Call of Abram (Gen 121-129)

• Abram explores more of the land
• Hills east of Bethel
• Pitches a tent
• Builds an altar
• Continues toward the Negev

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Abram and Sarai (Gen 1210-1220)

• Famine occurs in the land
• Abram goes to Egypt to escape the famine
• Arrives in Egypt and convinces the Pharaoh that
  Sarai is his sister
• Because of her beauty, he acquires many resources
• God inflicts series diseases on Pharaoh
• Because of Sarai
• Pharaoh had taken her for his wife

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Abram and Lot (Gen 131-1318)

• Abram returns to the Negev
• With Sarai and Lot
• Becomes wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold
• Eventually travels back to the hills east of
  Bethel
• Calls on the name of the Lord
• Conflict between Abrams and Lots herdsmen
• Land could not support their livestock
• Canaanites and Perizzites were also living there
• Abram and Lot decide to part ways
• Lot chooses to move to the plain of the Jordan
• Abram stayed in the land of Canaan

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Abram and Lot (Gen 131-1318)

• God gives Abram the land
• All the land he could see north, south, east, and
  west
• Given to Abrams offspring forever
• Offspring would be like the dust of the earth
• Abram moved his tent to Hebron, where he built an
  altar

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Lots Captivity (Gen 141-1416)

• Rebellion had taken place in the Valley of Siddim
• Various kingdoms rebelled against Kedorlaomer,
  king of Elam
• Kedorlaomer defeats the rebels kingdoms
• Kedorlaomer attacked again by five kings, but
  defeats these kings however, they carry off Lot
  who lived in Sodom
• Abram is notified and he calls upon 318 men to
  help
• He attacks with the men and rescues Lot
• Abram returns from battle
• Met by the king of Sodom in Kings Valley

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Melchizedek (Gen 1417-1424)

• Melchizedek was king of Salem
• Brings out bread and wine to Abram
• Described as a priest of God Most High
• Blesses Abram on behalf of God
• Abram gives him a tenth of all he had
• King of Sodom speaks with Abram
• Give him the people and keep the goods
• Abram refuses because he had taken an oath
• To not accept anything from the king of Sodom
• So that the king of Sodom could not be credited
  with helping Abram

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Gods Covenant (Gen 151-1521)

• Abrams vision
• God comforts him
• He had no heir, Eliezer would inherit his
  possessions
• God promises him a son
• Abram believes the Lord
• Abrams dream
• God tells him that his descendants would be
  strangers in a country not their own
• Would be enslaved and mistreated for 400 years
• God would punish the nation
• Descendents would return to the promised land
• Covenant was made that day the land would be
  his

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Birth of Ishmael (Gen 161-1616)

• Abram has a child with his maidservant Hagar
• Hagar begins despising Sarai
• Of course, Abram is in the middle of it
• Abram sides with Sarai
• Sarai mistreats Hagar, Hagar flees
• God convinces Hagar to return and to submit to
  Sarai
• God would multiply Hagars descendents
• Hagars son
• God names him Ishmael
• Hand will be against everyone
• Everyone against him
• Will live in hostility toward his brothers

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Review

• Provided a review of last weeks lesson
• Learned about the descendants of Shem
• Learned about the descendants of Terah
• Learned about about Terah's travels
• Learned about Abram and Sarai
• Learned about Abram and Lot
• Learned about God's covenant with Abram
• Learned about the conflict between Sarai and
  Hagar
• Learned about the birth of Ishmael