Genesis Workbook - The Church Of Christ in Zion, Illinois

1 In the Beginning(Study Guide to Genesis )In the Beginning(Study Guide to Genesis )To the TeacherIn the Beginning (Study Guide to Genesis ) is a Bible study guide for teenagers andadults to be used in Bible classes in local congregations. This Workbook is not intended toreplace the word of God as the class text. Nor is it a commentary. Rather, it consists ofquestions within the framework of an analytical outline designed to help the student studyproperly, so he can discover for himself what the Bible experience is that adult and teenage classes generally do not like graded , this book has no grading , these same classes have a tendency to bog down or stray from the lessonunless some time goals are established and followed.

2 Thus, this study guide is designed to leadthe student through the book of Genesis in twenty-four lesson starts with a memory verse. I believe committing the word of God tomemory is an important, often neglected aspect of the lives of Workbook contains several types of questions: terms to define, places to locate,people to identify, fact questions, thought questions, reports to the class, charts and maps tofill in, as well as reviews. Each question has a purpose. There are no pointless, filler questions,trick questions or true-false a particular word may appear many times in the book of Genesis , it will begiven as a term to define only once, unless it is later translated from a different Hebrew word,used in a different sense, or has a special importance in a later context.

3 The same principle istrue of places to locate and people to identify. These questions are designed to help thestudent understand the language of the text and place the events in their historical andgeographical is a glossary in the back of the book which defines the terms and identifies are maps in the back of the book with blank maps beneath each to be filled infrom the map above. The student should find each place to locate on the appropriate map andwrite in its name in the proper place on the blank map below. To the right of each place tolocate is the name of the map on which it is questions are for the purpose of checking the student s knowledge of what questions are designed to measure the student s understanding of and abilityto apply the class should end with a review orally in class of the theme of each chapterstudied to that point.

4 Beginning with lesson two, each class should start with the oral reviewfound at the first of each lesson. In this way the students will be able to remember the subjectmatter of each chapter of Genesis and where each event is found in the book. The chapterthemes are located together between lesson twenty-four and the the lessons call for a fast overview of Genesis , it is crucial that each student-i-study his lesson and complete the questions outside class. It is best in class to concentrate onthe thought questions and to only spend time on other questions with which some studentmight have hope that this Workbook will also be used as a family Bible reading guide. Thus, theportions of Scripture covered by each lesson will be divided into five daily addition to reading the entire biblical text to be studied in each lesson in the fivedaily readings, the student should read each passage again separately as he comes to it in theanalytical outline.

5 Finally, in order to answer the fact and thought questions, every studentmust read the passage that answers each question. If the student will follow the suggestedsteps in the lesson, he will read each verse of the lesson three times: beginning with thelongest for overall grasp, then shorter reading for outline, and finally shortest reading questions are based on the New King James Version of the Bible. It minimizesconfusion over the text when the teacher and all the students study from the same work book can even begin to replace a competent teacher, with a good workingknowledge of the Scriptures, an unswerving love of and loyalty to truth, a deep faith in Godand His word, a pure life, an humble opinion of himself, an understanding of and love for hisstudents, and the ability to hope and pray this volume is useful to you in learning more about the beginning of allthings.

6 May it deepen your faith, help you to learn more of God s Word, and enliven yourinterest for deeper study and more diligent service to the Lord. - The Author-ii-In the Beginning(Study Guide to Genesis )Course PlanLessonScripturesPageLesson One: Introduction to Genesis1 Lesson Two: In the BeginningGenesis 1:1 - 2:36 Lesson Three: The Creation and Fall of MankindGenesis 2:4 - 3:248 Lesson Four: Before the FloodGenesis 4:1 - 6:811 Lesson Five: The Flood: Part 1 Genesis 6:9 - 7:2414 Lesson Six: The Flood: Part 2 Genesis chapters 8 and 916 Lesson Seven: After the FloodGenesis 10:1 - 11:2618 Lesson Eight: Abraham: Part 1 Genesis 11:27 - 13:1822 Lesson Nine: Abraham: Part 2 Genesis chapters 14 and 1525 Lesson Ten: Abraham: Part 3 Genesis chapters 16 and 1727 Lesson Eleven: Abraham: Part 4 Genesis chapters 18 and 1929 Lesson Twelve: Abraham.

7 Part 5 Genesis chapters 20 and 2131 Lesson Thirteen: Abraham: Part 6 Genesis chapters 22 and 2334 Lesson Fourteen: Isaac: Part 1 Genesis 24:1 - 25:1836 Lesson Fifteen: Isaac Part 2 Genesis 25:19 - 26:3538 Lesson Sixteen: Jacob: Part 1 Genesis chapters 27 and 2840 Lesson Seventeen: Jacob: Part 2 Genesis chapters 29 and 3042 Lesson Eighteen: Jacob: Part 3 Genesis chapters 31 - 3345 Lesson Nineteen: The Next GenerationGenesis chapters 34-3648 Lesson Twenty: The Sons of JacobGenesis chapters 37 and 3851 Lesson Twenty-One: Joseph s Affliction in EgyptGenesis chapters 39 and 4054 Lesson Twenty-Two: Joseph and His Brothers: Part 1 Genesis chapters 41 and 4256 Lesson Twenty-Three: Joseph and His Brothers: Part 2 Genesis chapters 43 and 4459 Lesson Twenty-Four: Israel Settles in EgyptGenesis 44:1 - 47:2761 Lesson Twenty-Five: Deaths of Jacob and JosephGenesis 47:28 - 50:2663-iii-Lesson OneIntroduction to GenesisMemory Verse: Genesis 12:1-3,7 The LawThe first five books of the OldTestament are usually called the law or theTorah by the Jews.

8 The term Torah means direction, law, instruction. These five bookscollectively are also called the Pentateuch. This term is derived from two Greek words: pente (five) and touchos ( volume ). Thus,they compose a five volume the Old Testament itself thePentateuch or Law is called the law ( ,Joshua 8:34; Nehemiah 8:2,7,14), the Book ofthe Law ( , Joshua 8:34; 2 Chronicles34:14; Nehemiah 8:3), the Book of the Lawof Moses ( , Joshua 8:31; Nehemiah 8:1), the Book of Moses ( , Nehemiah 13:1), the Law of the Lord ( , 2 Chronicles31:3), the Law of God (Nehemiah 10:28-29), the Book of the Law of God ( ,Joshua 24:26), the Book of the Law of theLord ( , Nehemiah 9:3) and the Law ofMoses ( , Ezra 3:2).In the New Testament, these bookstaken together are designated the law ( , Matthew 12:5), the book of the law (Galatians 3:10), the law of Moses ( , Luke 2:22; 24:44), the law of the Lord (Luke2:23-24), the law of the Jews (Acts 25:8), our (Jews - KS) law (John 19:7) and your(Jews - KS) law ( , John 8:17).

9 AuthorIt is obvious from the titles already cited that God is the ultimate author of the Lawand that Moses was the instrument through whom God gave that Law. Although neither thebook of Genesis nor the Pentateuch as a whole contains an introduction naming Moses as theauthor, the evidence supporting the fact Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible Pentateuch itself contains weighty evidence to the Mosaic authorship. The Lordcommanded Moses to write in the book (Exodus 17:14). Moses wrote all the words of theLord (Exodus 24:4) that comprise the Book of the Covenant (Exodus 34:27). At the-1-command of God, Moses recorded the itinerary of the Wilderness Wanderings (Numbers33:2). Moses wrote the Law in a book (Deuteronomy 31:9,24).

10 The remainder of the Scriptures unanimously ascribe the authorship of the Law toMoses. The Old Testament (Joshua 1:7-8; 8:31-32,34-35; 11:15,20; 14:2; 22:9; 23:6; Judges3:4; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 14:6; 21:8; Ezra 6:18; Nehemiah 13:1; Daniel 9:11-13), Christ (Matthew 19:8; Mark 10:4-5; Luke 24:27,44; John 5:46-47; 7:19) and the New Testamentwriters (Acts 3:22; 13:39; 15:5,21; 1 Corinthians 9:9; 2 Corinthians 3:14-15; Revelation 15:3)unite in naming Moses as the author of the word Genesis is from the Septuagint (Greek) translation of the Old Testament,which renders Genesis 2:4, This is the book of the genesees of heaven and earth. The wordmeans origin, source, or generation. The Jews called the book B'reshith, which means inthe beginning.