1. Prepatriarchal History (1:1-11:9)
A. Creation of all things (1:1-2:3)
B. Origin and corruption of mankind (2:4-4:26)
C. From Adam to Noah (5:1-6:8)
D. The flood and its aftermath (6:9-9:29)
E. The table of nations and Tower of Babel ( 10:1-11:9)
2. Patriarchal History (11:10-50:26)
A. From Noah to Abram (11:10-26)
B. The Abraham Cycle (11:27-25:11)
1. Abram’s family (11:27-32)
2. God’s call of Abram (12:1-9)
3. God’s protection of Abram and his family (12:10-14:24)
4. God’s covenant with Abram (15:1-21)
5. Abram’s impatience (16:1-16)
6. God’s renewed promise (17:1-18:15)
7. Abraham’s intercession for Sodom and Gomorrah (18:16-19:38)
8. God’s fulfillment of the promise of a son (20:1-21:34)
9. God’s ultimate test of Abraham’s faith (22:1-24)
10. Abraham’s first portion of land (23:1-20)
11. Isaac’s wife (24:1-67)
12. Abraham’s death (25:1-11)
C. Ishmael’s descendants (25:12-18)
D. The Jacob cycle (25:19-35:29)
1. Esau’s birthright (25:19-34)
2. God’s deliverance of Isaac (26:1-35)
3. God’s protection and blessing of Jacob (27:1-33:20)
4. Jacob’s trouble with the Canaanites (34:1-31)
5. Jacob’s return to Bethel (35:1-15)
6. Rachel’s and Isaac’s deaths (35:16-29)
7. God blesses Esau for the sake of Abraham and Isaac (36:1-43)
E. Esau’s descendants (36:1-37:1)
F. The Joseph cycle (37:1-50:26)
1. Joseph’s slavery in Egypt (37:1-36)
2. Judah’s unfaithfulness (38:1-30)
3. Joseph’s success in Egypt (39:1-40:23)
4. Joseph’s exaltation in Egypt (41:1-52)
5. Joseph’s test of his brothers (41:53-44:34)
6. Joseph’s reunion with his brothers (45:1-28)
7. Jacob’s family moves to Egypt (46:1-47:31)
8. Jacob’s family blessing and death (48:1-49:33)
9. Josephs death (50:1-26)
Charles W. Draper and E. Ray Clendenen
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