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cChart from recommended resource Jensen's Survey of the OT - used by permission
| Summary Chart of The Book of Genesis |
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| Focus | Foundation Events (Four Events) (Events Predominant) |
Foundation People (Four People) (People Predominant) |
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| Divisions | Creation (Ge 1-2) |
Fall (Ge 3-5) |
Flood (Ge 6-9) |
Nations (Ge 10-12) |
Abraham's Faith (Ge 12-24) |
Isaac's Family (Ge 25-26) |
Jacob's Conflicts (Ge 27-36) |
Joseph's Calamity (Ge 37-50) |
| Topics | Beginning of the Human Race (Race As A Whole) |
Beginning of the Hebrew Race (Family of Abraham) |
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| Faithfulness of Mankind (Noah) |
Faithfulness of One Man's Family (Abraham) |
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| Historical | Biographical | |||||||
| Place | Eastward From Eden to Ur |
Westward From Canaan to Egypt |
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| Time | ~2000+ Years (20% of Genesis) (~4004-2090BC) |
About 300 Years 193 Yr in Canaan, 93 Yr in Egypt (80% of Genesis) (2090-1804BC) |
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| Primeval History of Humanity |
Patriarchal History of Israel |
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| Author | Moses | |||||||
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BEGINNINGS
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Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided.
- God remembered - Ge 19:29 30:22 Ex 2:24 1Sa 1:19 Ne 13:14,22,29,31 Job 14:13 Ps 106:4 132:1 136:23 137:7 Am 8:7 Hab 3:2 Rev 16:19 18:5
- the cattle - Nu 22:32 Ps 36:6 Jon 4:11 Ro 8:20-22
- a wind - Ex 14:21 Ps 104:7-9 Pr 25:23
But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided
Genesis 8:2 Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;
- fountains - Ge 7:11 Pr 8:28 Jon 2:3
- the rain - Job 37:11-13 38:37 Mt 8:9,26,27
Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained
Genesis 8:3 and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased.
- continually - Heb. in going and returning
- hundred - Ge 7:11,24
and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased
Genesis 8:4 In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.
- the ark - Ge 7:17-19
- seventh month - That is, of the year, not of the deluge.
- Ararat - Ararat is generally understood to be Armenia, as it is rendered elsewhere, in which there is a great chain of mountains, like the Alps or the Pyrenees, upon the highest part of which, called by some, "The Finger Mountain," the ark is supposed to have rested. 2Ki 19:37 Isa 37:38 Jer 51:27
In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis 8:5 The water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.
- decreased continually - Heb. were in going and decreasing, the tenth. Ge 7:11
The water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible
Genesis 8:6 Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;
- opened the window - Ge 6:16 Da 6:10
Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made
Genesis 8:7 and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth.
- a raven - Lev 11:15 1Ki 17:4,6 Job 38:41 Ps 147:9
- went forth to and fro - Heb. in going forth and returning
and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth
Genesis 8:8 Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land;
- a dove - Ge 8:10-12 Song 1:15 2:11,12,14 Mt 10:16
Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land
Genesis 8:9 but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself.
- found - De 28:65 Eze 7:16 Mt 11:28 Joh 16:33
- and she - Ps 116:7 Isa 60:8
- pulled her - Heb. caused her to come
but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself.
Genesis 8:10 So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
- stayed - Ps 40:1 Isa 8:17 26:8 Ro 8:25
- seven - Ge 8:12 7:4,10
So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
Genesis 8:11 The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth.
- an olive - Ne 8:15 Zec 4:12-14 Ro 10:15
The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth
Genesis 8:12 Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again.
- And he - Ps 27:14 130:5,6 Isa 8:17 25:9 26:8 30:18 Hab 2:3 Jas 5:7,8
- seven - Ge 8:10 2:2,3
Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again
Genesis 8:13 Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up.
- six - Ge 7:11
Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up.
Genesis 8:14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
- Ge 7:11,13,14 From this, it appears, that Noah was in the ark a complete solar year, or 365 days; for he entered it on the 17th day of the 2nd month, in the 600th year of his life, and continued in it till the 27th day of the 2nd month, in the 601st year of his life, as we see above.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
Gotquestions.org - How long was Noah on the ark? Noah entered the ark in the 600th year of his life, on the 17th day of the 2nd month (Genesis 7:11-13). Noah left the ark on the 27th day of the 2nd month of the following year (Genesis 8:14-15). Therefore, assuming a lunar calendar of 360 days, Noah was on the ark for approximately 370 days.
Genesis 8:15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying,
Then God spoke to Noah, saying,
Genesis 8:16 "Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives with you.
- Ge 7:1,7,13 Jos 3:17 4:10,16-18 Ps 91:11 121:8 Da 9:25,26 Zec 9:11 Ac 16:27,28,37-39
Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 8:17 "Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
- Bring - Ge 7:14,15
- breed - Ge 1:22 9:1,7 Ps 107:38 144:13,14 Jer 31:27,28
Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.
Genesis 8:18 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him.
- Ps 121:8
So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him
Genesis 8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark.
- kinds - Heb. families, Ge 8:19
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark
Genesis 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- builded - Ge 4:4 12:7,8 13:4 22:9 26:25 33:20 35:1,7 Ex 20:24,25 24:4-8 Ro 12:1 Heb 13:10,15,16 1Pe 2:5,9
- clean beast - Ge 7:2 Lev 11:1-47
- burnt - Lev 1:1-17
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 8:21 The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
- smelled - Lev 1:9,13,17 26:31 Song 4:10,11 Isa 65:6 Eze 20:41 Am 5:21,22 2Co 2:15 Eph 5:2 Php 4:18
- sweet savour - Heb. savour of rest
- curse - Ge 3:17 4:12 5:29 6:17
- for - or, though
- the imagination - Ge 6:5 Job 14:4 15:14-16 Ps 51:5 58:3 Pr 20:9 Ec 7:20 Isa 47:12 Isa 47:15 48:8 53:6 Jer 8:6 17:9 18:12 Mt 15:19 Joh 3:6 Ro 1:21 3:23 8:7,8 Eph 2:1-3 Jas 1:14,15 4:1,2 1Jn 5:19
- neither - Ge 9:11-15 Isa 54:9,10
- as I - 2Pe 3:6,7
The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
Genesis 8:22 "While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease."
- While the earth remaineth - Heb. as yet all the days of the earth, Isa 54:8
- seedtime - Most of the European nations divide the year into four distinct parts, called quarters or seasons; but there are six divisions in the text, which obtained in Palestine among the Hebrews, and exist among the Arabs to the present day. According to this gracious promise, the heavenly bodies have preserved their courses, the seasons their successions, and the earth its increase for the use of man. Ge 45:6 Ex 34:21 Ps 74:16,17 Song 2:11,12 Isa 54:9 Jer 5:24 Jas 5:7
- day - Jer 31:35 33:20-26
While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease