Elder Vernon Johnson examines Genesis Primitiive Baptist Church

Preface on the Study of Genesis

CHAPTER 1
Creation vs. theistic evolution	Attributes of God
God pronounces his creation good	Man created in the image of God
God gives man stewardship over all the Earth	God makes provision

CHAPTER 2
God rests from his work of natural creation	Creation of the woman
Adam ‑ federal head of all mankind	Institution of the marriage covenant
What man consists of in nature	Man's first home
Work Assigned to Adam in the Garden	The rivers and their courses
The wisdom of Adam before the fall	God's initial watering system
The giving of the law of sin and death	Shame of nakedness associated with sin

CHAPTER 3
Eve the mother of all living	LORD God
God provided redemption vs. the impossibility of man redeeming himself
God as the Apprehender and Judge of the Sinner
The Fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden	The immediate evidences of man's fallen state

CHAPTER 4	CHAPTER 5
God is/is not a respecter of persons	Book of the Generation
Total Depravity of Man	Length of Life Before the Flood
Acceptable vs Unacceptable Worship	Five and Death
Sovereignty of God in Election	Enoch	Image and Likeness

CHAPTER 6	CHAPTER 7
Ark – Type of Christ	Animals Preserved on the Ark
God's wrath towards sin & God's judgment	Animals Used to Illustrate God's Effectual Calling
God's Covenant Mercy Illustrated in Animals	Animals used to illustrate God's Predestination
The Wickedness of Man	God Sees Noah Righteous
Provision made for those on the Ark	Judgmental waters came from three sources
Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord

CHAPTER 8		CHAPTER 9
God Remembered Noah	The Ark Rested	Blood Restrictions
Noah sends forth Raven and Dove		Earth Overspread by the three sons of Noah
Noah worships the Lord		God Makes a Covenant with all Creatures
Inhabitants of Ark Go Forth		God Sends Men Forth a Second Time
Two Great Promises		Sin of Ham, Curse on Canaan
		Noah's Life Span after the Flood

CHAPTER 10		CHAPTER 11
Peleg	Nimrod	From Shem to Abram	Babel

CHAPTER 12		CHAPTER 13
The Promised Blessings	Slow Growth of Abram	Abram returns to Bethel
God appears to Abram the second time		Lot's Choice
Abram's Doubts		Abram receives further revelation from God
Abram's Shame and God's Deliverance

CHAPTER 14	CHAPTER 15	CHAPTER 16
Kingdom Expansion	Abram's First Question	Abram and Sarai try to help the Lord
The Amazing Victory	Abram's Second Question	Hagar despises Sarai
War between the Kings		Hagar flees from Sarai
Abram met by two Kings		Promises to Hagar and her son

CHAPTER 17	CHAPTER 18
God expands his Covenant promise to Abram	The Lord Appears to Abraham
The Token of the Covenant	Abraham's Response to the Lord's Visit
The Astounding Promise	The Lord Reaffirms Promise, Sarah Laughs
The Child of Promise	Hidden vs. Revealed
Abraham Obeys the Commandment of God	Should they have known?	Abraham Intercedes for Lot

CHAPTER 19	CHAPTER 20	CHAPTER 21
Lot Vexed	Abimelech takes Sarah	Sarah Bears Isaac
Angels' Encounter with the Sodomites	God Rebukes Abimelech	The Two Covenants
Lot Departs from Sodom	Abimelech Reproves Abraham	God provides for Hagar and Ishmael
Fire and Brimstone	Abraham Prays for Abimelech	Abimelech and Abraham make a Covenant
Lot's Daughters	Abimelech gifts Abraham, Reproves Sarah	Abimelech and Abraham make a Covenant

CHAPTER 22	CHAPTER 23	CHAPTER 24
Temptation	Place of Sarah's Death	Types and Shadows
Abraham's Extended family	Purchase of a Burial Site	Types and Shadows

CHAPTER 25
Abraham and Keturah	Life and Death of Abraham	Sons of Keturah	Promise to Ishmael
Rebekah Conceives	Jacob, Esau	Two Nations	Esau Sells Birthright

CHAPTER 26
Famine in the Land	The LORD Blesses Isaac	Well of the Oath	Choosing a Godly Mate
"She is my sister."	Striving Over Water	Seeking Peace

CHAPTER 27		CHAPTER 28
Fleshy Impulses	Jacob Lies	Rebekah	The Ladder in Jacob's Dream
"Savoury meat for thy father..."	Blessings	Esau's Wives	Bethel, House of God
Problems with the Scheme	Hated of God	Jacob Vows a Vow

CHAPTER 29
Jacob comes to a well	God's Providence - Jacob	Laban Strikes a Deal with Jacob
Jacob rolls away the stone		Jacob Serves 14 Years for Rachel
First Kiss		Rachel was barren.

CHAPTER 30
Rachel envies Leah	The Race for heirs	Bargaining for Jacob	God remembers Rachel	"Send me away..."	Fables and Genetics

CHAPTER 31
Blessing by Association	Jacob Submits	Travelling Idols	Proposal of Peace	Death Sentence

CHAPTER 32	CHAPTER 33	CHAPTER 34
Deliverance from Fear	Jacob Meets Esau	Wickedness of the Children of Israel

CHAPTER 35
Go up to Bethel	Rachel's Death	Passing of Issac	God Blesses Jacob	Sons of Jacob

CHAPTER 36	CHAPTER 37	CHAPTER 37
Genealogy of Esau	Joseph's Dream	Brothers Plot	Joseph Sold		Reuben seeks Joseph
CHAPTER 38		CHAPTER 39
The Birth of Twins	The Sin of Onan	The Uprightness of Joseph		The Faith of Joseph
The Sins of Judah		Joseph's mistake		Joseph as a Type of Jesus

CHAPTER 40	CHAPTER 41
Joseph - a Type of Jesus	Joseph as a type of Christ	The Providence of God
An Illustration of Grace	Joseph Uses His Gift

CHAPTER 42	CHAPTER 43
Providence of God	Surety
Joseph and Christ - Parallels	More Parallels - Joseph and Christ
Other Lessons

CHAPTER 44	CHAPTER 45
Differences between Joseph and Christ	Jacob learns that Joseph is Alive
Judah pleads surety-ship to Joseph	Joseph's Gift to Benjamin
	Parallels between Joseph and Christ

CHAPTER 46	CHAPTER 47
Jacob to be made a great nation in Egypt	Out of Canaan	"Few and Evil"
Parallels between Joseph and Christ	Possession in Egypt	Famine Continues
	"Swear unto me."
CHAPTER 48 →	Favored Second

CHAPTER 49 → The Prophecy of Jacob
Asher	Gad	Judah	Simeon & Levi
Benjamin	Issachar	Naphtali	Zebulun
Dan	Joseph	Reuben	The Death of Jacob

CHAPTER 50
Judgment of Sin	Egyptian Savior	The Brothers Fear Joseph	Death of Joseph
Joseph's Promise to Return