About the Book of Genesis – Author, Estimated Reading Time and more

Author – Moses
Time – Creation to 1650 B.C.

Chapters & Time: 50 Chapters – Read in 3hrs. 46min.

Summary – “Genesis” means “beginning”. As its title implies, it is the foundation of the Bible, on which everything is built. The book tells of the Creation followed by the rebellion of our first parents. It then records the growth of wickedness in the earth followed by the flood in which the only human survivors were Noah and his family. Another rebellion against God’s commands is stopped by the introduction of different languages. The rest of the book is the early history of the Jewish nation (also called the Israelites or the children of Israel.) This mainly concerns four outstanding men – Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.

The word “genesis” signifies “generation” or “origin” and comes from the Greek translation of Genesis 2:4. It is an appropriate title for the first book of the Bible, which contains the record of the origin of the universe, the human race, family life, nations, sin redemption, etc. The first 11 chapters, which deal with primeval or pre-Patriarchal times, present the antecedents of Hebrew history from Adam to Abraham. The remaining chapters (12 – 50) are concerned with God’s dealings with the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and Jacob’s son Joseph, all “fathers” of the people whom God has chosen to carry out His plan for the redemption of mankind. The book closes with these “Chosen People” in Egypt. [1. holybible.com – Quick Summary of the Book of Job]

More Job Summaries:

BibleSummary.org – Summary of Genesis

BibleOutline.org – Summary of Verses

BibleTimeline.info – Timeline & Outline of Key Events

READ THE BOOK OF JOB:

King James Bible Version – Restored Name

Bible.com: I use this one often for searching for terms & verses

Audio Bible (Read & Listen, you can also save the audio to your computer)

Linked Word Project: Get word for word translation & transliteration From English to Hebrew

King James – with References-

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