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| God creates
man unique. |
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God creates all that is in the heavens and the earth and gives it its present organization. He creates all the animals according to their kinds, but creates man similar to himself. |
| God gives Adam food,
Eve, & one restriction. |
2:4-25 | God creates Adam, places him in a garden in Eden, where he can eat from any tree, but if he eats of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil he will die. Since Adam was alone and no animal was a suitable helper, God made Eve like the man. |
| Eve & Adam sin
and are punished. |
3 | The serpent tells Eve she will not die if she eats from the forbidden tree. Both Eve and Adam eat, then try to hide from God. God punishes the serpent, Eve, and Adam, and kicks them out of the garden. |
| Cain kills Abel. | 4 | Abel's offering is accepted by God, but Cain's is not. Cain kills Abel, so God vanquishes Cain. Cain has many descendants. Adam & Eve have Seth. |
| Adam to Noah. | 5 | Ten generations of Adam's descendants through Seth to Noah. |
| Flood & ark planned. |
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There were men of renown (Nephilim) and much wickedness, so God decided to destroy man, but he tells Noah to build an ark to save his family and pairs of animals. |
| The flood comes. |
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God tells Noah to enter the ark with his family and animals. The flood destroys all other men and animals. |
| The flood ends. |
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The flood subsides and the ark comes to rest on the Ararat mountains. Noah uses a dove for reconnaissance. God tells Noah to leave the ark. Noah builds an alter, and God promises not to repeat the flood. |
| Post-flood instructions
and drunkenness. |
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God gives Noah regulations regarding food and capital punishment, repeats the promise of no more flood and gives the rainbow as a sign. Noah gets drunk and Ham acts inappropriately and is cursed to slavery. |
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| Tower of Babel, and
Abram's family moves. |
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Men who had moved to Shinar began to build a tower reaching to heaven, but God confused their language and they scattered. A list of Shem's descendants down to Abram. Abram's family travels toward Canaan but stops at Haran. |
| Abram is called,
claims to be a bachelor in Egypt. |
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At God's direction, Abram leaves his family and moves to Canaan. God promised to give him Canaan and make him a great and blessed nation. During a famine Abram moves to Egypt, claims he is a bachelor so Pharaoh takes his wife Sarai, but God intervenes and Pharaoh kicks Abram out of Egypt. |
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| God promises the
land to Abram's descendants. |
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In a vision, God promises Abram not just a son, but countless descendants. Abraham's belief was counted as righteousness. God explains that his descendants would be slaves for 400 years before returning to Canaan, and seals the covenant with a fiery ritual. |
| Birth of Ishmael
by Hagar. |
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Abram & Sarai agree to have a child by her servant Hagar. Hagar becomes pregnant, flees to the desert, but God's angel sends her back to Sarai where she has Ishmael. |
| Covenant confirmed,
circumcision required. |
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God confirms his covenant to Abram (now Abraham), including many descendants and the land, adding the required sign of circumcision. God promises a son by Sarai (now Sarah) within one year. Abraham's circumcises all males in his household. |
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| Isaac is born,
Hagar and Ishmael abandoned. |
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Abraham and Sarah have a son, Isaac. Hagar and Ishmael are sent into the desert where God helps them find water. Abraham makes a covenant with Abimelech, King of Gerar, to live in his land. |
| Abraham obeys command
to sacrifice Isaac. |
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God tells Abraham to kill Isaac as an offering. Abraham obeys, proving that he fears God, but God stops him and a ram is sacrificed instead. God restates the promise of many descendants. List of the children of Nahor (Abraham's brother). |
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| Abraham's servant
finds a wife for Isaac. |
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Abraham sends his servant to get a wife for Isaac from the city of Nahor. The servant finds Rebekah, who watered his camels. He tells her family the purpose of his trip and stays in her brother's home overnight. Rebekah returns with him and marries Isaac. |
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| Isaac's blessing,
intended for Esau, stolen by Jacob. |
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Isaac plans for his death by asking his oldest son Esau to prepare him a meal, so Isaac can bless him. But Rebekah has Jacob impersonate Esau so that he can receive the blessing instead. Although Isaac questions Jacob, he still blesses him. Esau returns to find that Jacob has stolen his blessing, and decides to kill him, so Rebekah tells Jacob to flee to Laban in Haran and find a wife there. |
| Jacob dreams that God
passes the promise on to him. |
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Isaac sends Jacob to Haran to find a wife. Upon arriving at the city of Luz, Jacob has a dream in which God says he will protect him, give him many offspring who will occupy the land he is in, and bring blessing to all people. Jacob renames the city Bethel and vows allegiance to God. |
| Jacob marries
Laban's daughters Leah & Rachel. |
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Jacob arrives in Haran and meets the shepherdess Rachel and her father Laban. Jacob works for Laban for seven years so he can marry Rachel, but Laban gives him his older daughter Leah, and Jacob must work another seven years for Rachel. Leah has four sons, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah. |
| List of Jacob's
wives and sons. Jacob's scheme to gain huge spotted flocks. |
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Rachel is barren and jealous of Leah, so she gives her servant Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, who has Dan and Naphtali. Leah, who had stopped having children, gave Jacob her servant Zilpah, who had Gad and Asher. Leah has Issachar and Zebulun, and a daughter Dinah, then Rachel has Joseph. Jacob says he want to return to Canaan, and he and Laban agree to split the flocks with the spotted and dark animals going to Jacob and the others to Laban. Jacob manipulated the appearance of spots on the strong animals and thus gains great wealth. |
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| Joseph is sold into
slavery in Egypt. |
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Jacob (Israel) favors Joseph, who dreams that he will rule over his parents and brothers. His brothers plot to kill him, but instead, throw him into a cistern then sell him to a band of Ishmaelites on their way to Egypt. The brothers tell Jacob that Joseph is dead, but in Egypt Joseph is sold into slavery to the Pharaoh's captain Potiphar. |
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| Joseph runs Potiphar's house,
avoids his wife and thus ends up in prison, in charge. |
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Potiphar promotes Joseph, placing him in charge of all his goods and personnel. Potiphar's wife unsuccessfully tries to seduce him, then frames him and Potiphar throws him in prison where the warden put him in charge. |
| Joseph interprets the
cupbearer and baker's dreams. |
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Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker are thrown in prison where they have dreams which they cannot interpret. Joseph interprets the dreams correctly. |
| Joseph interprets Pharaoh's
dreams and prepares Egypt for a seven year famine. |
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Pharaoh has two dreams which none of his wise men could interpret. At the cupbearer's suggestion Pharaoh sends for Joseph, who tells him that his dreams refer to seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine, and that he should store up grain for the famine. Pharaoh places him in charge of all Egypt and gives him a wife, Asenath, who has two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. When the famine comes, all Egypt and other countries come to buy grain from Joseph. |
| Jacob sends ten sons
to Egypt for grain. |
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Jacob sends his ten sons (all but the youngest, Benjamin) to Egypt to buy grain. Joseph recognizes them, but they do not recognize him. Joseph accuses them of being spies, demands that they bring their youngest brother, keeps Simeon and sends the other nine back with grain and the silver they had bought. Jacob does not want Benjamin to to to Egypt. |
| Jacob allows Benjamin
to go to Egypt. |
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When the grain runs out, Jacob finally agrees to let Benjamin go along to Egypt. Joseph sees Benjamin, returns Simeon, and feeds them, but does not reveal to them who he is. |
| Benjamin "caught" with
silver cup. |
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Joseph sends them home with lots of grain, but plants a silver cup in Benjamin's sack, so they are "caught" and must return to Joseph. Judah begs mercy and asks to stay as Joseph's slave in place of Benjamin. |
| Joseph makes himself
known to his brothers, asks them to bring Jacob. |
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Joseph finally reveals his identity to his brothers, explains God's hand in using Joseph to save lives. Joseph instructs them to return to Canaan and bring Jacob with all their family to Egypt for the remainder of the famine. Jacob hears the story and is convinced Joseph is alive. |
| Jacob and his family
move to Egypt. |
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Jacob and his family move to Egypt with God's blessing. List of Jacob's sons and grandsons. Joseph meets Jacob and instructs his family to tell Pharaoh that they are shepherds. |
| Jacob's family settles in
Goshen. The famine forces everyone from Egypt and Canaan into slavery. |
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Joseph's brothers tell Pharaoh they are shepherds and he gives them permission to settle in Goshen, the best part of Egypt. Jacob meets Pharaoh. The people had to use livestock to pay for grain, then they had to pay with their land and themselves, becoming slaves, and had to give one fifth of all future produce to Pharaoh. Jacob asks Joseph to bury him with his fathers in Canaan. |
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| Joseph buries Jacob in
Canaan, dies in Egypt. |
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Joseph and a large company of his family and Egyptians travel to Canaan to bury Jacob. Joseph's brothers are afraid that he might hold a grudge, but he treats them kindly. Joseph requests burial in Canaan, then dies. |