1. January 21, 2018

2. Genesis

3. An Overview of the Book of Pentateuch
Our Approach Jan. 21 – Genesis Jan. 28 – Exodus Feb. 4 – Leviticus Feb.11 – Numbers Feb Deuteronomy

4. REVIEW The Pentateuch Name for the first 5 books of the Bible.
Written by Moses

5. Did Moses use sources?

6. Sources Genesis Sources/ Oral tradition MOSES + Inspiration
= Written text
Preservation
Inspired Editing
Post-Mosaica
Genesis
Witness/
Experience

7. Meaning - Purpose
Before we can talk about understanding what a text means to us today, we have to discern the author’s original meaning.
“Moses wrote the book of Genesis to teach his readers that leaving Egypt and possessing Canaan was God’s design for Israel.” (He Gave Us Stories, Pratt, pg. 281)
Genesis 50:24 - Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will certainly come to your aid and bring you up from this land to the land he swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

8. The “Toledoth” Formula1.
Prologue
Creation of the heavens and earth
1:1-2:3 2.
Genesis 2:4
These are the records of the heavens and the earth
2:4-4:26 3.
Genesis 5:1
…the family records of Adam
5:1-6:8 4.
Genesis 6:9
These are the family records of Noah
6:9-9:29 5.
Genesis 10:1
These are the family records of Noah’s sons
1:1-11:9 6.
Genesis 11:10
These are the family records of Shem
11:10-26 7.
Genesis 11:27
These are the family records of Terah
11:27-25:11 8.
Genesis 25:12
These are the family records of Abraham’s son Ishmael
25:12-18 9.
Genesis 25:19
These are the family records of Isaac son of Abraham
25:19 -35:29
10.
Genesis 36:1
These are the family records of Esau (that is, Edom)
36:1-37:1
11.
Genesis 37:2
These are the family records of Jacob
37:2-50:26

9. Narrative Structure Genesis can also be divided based on its content.
The Primeval History (1:1-11:9)
The Early Patriarchal Period (11:10-37:1)
The Joseph History (37:2-50:26)

10. Christ in Genesis
We see the following pattern in Genesis in response to the repeated cycles of sin:
Sin
Judgement speech
Token of grace
judgment

11. Gen 1 - Creation
Creations stories were not to answer questions of science, but to answer questions about a people’s God.
In Genesis 1 and 2 Moses is writing to provide a counter statement to other existing creation narratives, SO THAT Israel will know that creation is the work of their God alone. There is no conflict and He has no rivals.

12. Sabbath - Completion and blessing
Gen 1 - Creation
Day
Form/Realm
Fill/Rulers 1
Light 4
Sun and Moon 2
Sky and Water 5
Fish and Fowl 3
Land and Vegetation 6
Beasts and Humans
Sabbath - Completion and blessing

13. Gen 1 - Creation There were other well know creation accounts.
Enuma Elish - Babylonian creation text, written in Akkadian
“The biblical account presents on God, who alone is God, who created the world. This one God created unopposed. But in the Mesopotamian and related Canaanite accounts the cosmos came into existence by means of conflict. According to Genesis, conflict is introduced into the world not by the gods but by humanity’s rebellion.” (How to Read Genesis, pg. 79)

14. Gen 1 - covenantal significance
The world begins with chaos and God brings order and shalom and it was very good.
Adam and Eve were images created to rule.
God would/will not let humanity fail.

15. Gen 1 - Application/covenant life
Leaving Egypt is God’s plan
The Sabbath
Ultimate rest

16. Genesis 2:4-3:24 – The Fall Literary Structure In Garden (2:4-17)
Flourishing
Work
Humanity’s Condition Enhanced (2:17-25)
Alone: “It is not good…”
Eve
Condition Cursed (3:1-21)
Temptation
Fall
Out of Garden (3:22-24)
Death
Driven out of the Garden

17. Genesis 2:4-3:24 – The Fall Examples of symmetry after the fall
Location:
Inside paradise (2:8)
Outside paradise (3:24)
Trees:
tree of knowledge (2:17)
tree of life (3:22-24)
Vocation:
Work prospers (2:15)
Work is toil (3:23)

18. Genesis 2:4-3:24 – The Fall
Relationships: (2:18-25) and (3:1-21) in contrast after the fall
Human-Divine relationship:
Harmony (2:18)
Disharmony (3:8)
Human-Human relationship:
Euphoria (2:23)
Strife (3:16)
Human-Evil relationship:
Absent (2:10-25)
Struggle (3:15)

19. The Fall – Covenantal Significance
The Garden and the Land
One of Moses’ central concerns was identifying Eden with Canaan.
Covenant Loyalty
Eden was a place of blessing, but it was holy and required the to be holy
Fruit of Covenant Disobedience

20. The Fall - application/covenant life
Christ as the Second Adam (Rom. 5:14-19)
Continued Loyalty (2 Corinthians 11:3, James 1:12-15)
“Maranatha”

21. Joseph (Gen. 37:2 – 50:26)
The Brothers: Division and Disharmony (37:2 - 41:57)
The Brothers in Harmony (42:1 – 47:27)
The Brothers’ Future (47:28–50:26)

22. Joseph (Gen. 37:2 – 50:26) Typology
Typology is when and OT event, person, etc. pre-figures aspects of Christ as revealed in the New Testament.
“All things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” – Luke 24:44

23. Joseph (Gen. 37:2 – 50:26) Joseph as a Type of Christ Gen 50:20
Acts 2:23
Acts 4:28

24. Joseph (Gen. 37:2 – 50:26) Joseph Jesus Jacob's beloved son
God’s beloved Son
Matthew 3:17
Jacob's firstborn by Rachel
Genesis 30:22-24
God’s only Son
sent out to retrieve his brothers
Jesus came His own
hated by his brothers
Jesus hated and killed by Jewish leaders
Mark 14:61-65
Joseph betrayed by his brothers
Gen 37:27-28
Jesus betrayed by Judas
Matthew 26:14-16
Joseph is tempted but does not sin
Gen 39
Jesus tempted without sin
Mt. 4; Hebrews 4:15
Joseph accused and condemned on false charges Gen 39
Jesus accused and condemned on false charges
Luke 23:2,3
Joseph forgives and restores his sinful brothers, making them citizens of his kingdom (Gen 46-50)
Jesus forgives
Luke 23:
Both are to bring all under rule of the King.
Genesis 47:19-2
Ephesians 1:10-12
Both are Savior
Genesis 47:25
Acts 13:23

25. Joseph - Covenantal significance
Covenant loyalty to God
God's grace to Israel
God's blessings through Israel (to others)

26. Joseph - Application/covenant life
Loyalty
Grace
God’s blessings through Israel

27. REFERENCES
An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach, by Bruce K. Waltke
How to Read Genesis, Tremper Longman III
The Meaning of the Pentateuch: Revelation, Composition and Interpretation, John H. Sailhamer
An Introduction to the Old Testament: Second Edition, Tremper Longman III and Raymond B. Dillard
“The Primeval History”, Dr. Richard L. Pratt, Jr.
The Book of Genesis (New International Commentary on the Old Testament Series), Chapters 1-17, Victor P. Hamilton
He Gave Us Stories: The Bible Student's Guide to Interpreting Old Testament Narratives, Richard L. Pratt Jr.
The NIV Application Commentary Genesis, John H. Walton
Genesis: A Commentary, Bruce K Waltke