Genesis 5: 1-3

In Genesis 1:1-2:4a consists of exilic post in exilic period and is assigned as a P source. Style, language, and tenor set it apart from 2:4b-3:24. There is a focus on God’s role in creation and also a liturgical format in items such as hymns. Creation presented as a lineage using the “toledot” formula. In priestly thought the priest fills the gap between God and humanity.

There are many different ways to interpret Genesis. On the first verse, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” there are two main interpretations. One interpretation is that the verse is a summary of the entire Genesis account. The second interpretation represents God’s first creative act. In order to discover which interpretation of Genesis I believe is correct, I had to keep reading. In Genesis 1:2 the verse starts with “and” which tells me that Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 are part of one contiguous thought.

“The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the lord said, ‘I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created-people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.’ But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord.”(Genesis 6:5-8)

The first five chapters of Genesis provide not only historical information about Creation, the Fall, and the first generations of mankind, but they also describe God’s attitude toward His creation and towards sin. These chapters also provide insights into the nature of man. For example, we learn from Genesis 1 and 2 that we have been made in the image of God. This means that humans have authority, value, and purpose because God possesses these traits. The first four chapters of Genesis give us insight into how each of these traits specifically apply to human life and society.

To truly comprehend a biblical passage, it is important to have knowledge of the ‘hermeneutics which enables an understanding of the locus of meaning and the principles of bible interpretation’ . The audience needs to have a clear interpretation of the biblical passage which includes ‘content and unity of the whole of Scripture if the meaning of the sacred texts is to be correctly worked out’ , this supports the argument that all worlds of the text are equally important. ‘Biblical passages are often taken out of context and interpreted to support a particular viewpoint of justify a particular action’ . It is imperative to note that ‘in order to discover the sacred authors' intention, the reader must take into account the conditions of their

Robert states in chapter one that “Genesis 1-2, the first two chapters of the bible show us God’s original, perfect creation” (27). In this chapter he goes into depth about the creation of the world. Roberts gives us four truths about creation.

Why are dreams (both waking and sleeping ones) important avenues for self-understanding? This question can be answered in a biblical, non-fictional, and a non-biblical sense. We will discuss this topic in the non-biblical aspect, as well, as the non-fictional. In the biblical sense, there are many examples of how dreams give us self-understanding, but we will focus on the book of Genesis.

Just like how a child becomes fascinated after hearing stories of their babyhood, or how a family is eager to discover their genealogy, the book of Genesis is a very intriguing story to many Christians because it depicts how mankind and the world around them were formed. Genesis 1-3 allow a base knowledge for understanding the rest of the bible because it portrays the way that God created the world – how it was supposed to be and why the world is the way it is today. After God spends six days working on creating his idea of a perfect world, it says “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good,” (Genesis 1:31). However, as Eve disobeyed God’s word and listened to the deceitful serpent, God knew he needed to punish Adam and Eve in order

I believe Revelation 12:7-10 is a depiction of what happened between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. In that unknown amount of time between the two verses, war arose in heaven. Note – the past tense is used; this already occurred. The devil was defeated and thrown down here to earth along with his angels (demons) where he tries to oppress and possess the church and all the inhabitants of the earth knowing that he cannot win because Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior has already become victorious.

The first verses for this week are Genesis 12:1-4a. This talks about how if we don’t listen to God and don’t respect him he will still love us, but we may not receive the blessings that we want. This is saying that God provided justice for us and we should not take that for granted. To me this reminds me of karma; what goes around comes around meaning that whether you are kind or rude to someone they and other people can be that way towards you. In my life I find that when I am happier and kinder to people around me they seem to act kinder and happier towards me. When someone near you is rude or in a bad mood it is hard to just suddenly be in a great mood and ignore that person. This is difficult to do even though it is what the bigger better would and should do.

In Genesis Chapter 15, a chapter about Abraham and God’s promise to him and his future children, God communicates his divine plan in literary, textual, and historical ways. The textual criticisms are that the book of Genesis is a very old book, one of the first to be written in the Old Testament, probably written around 1000 – 1400 B.C. It is assumed that it was written by either Moses or it was written by an unknown author with sources gathered from four different tribal groups of people. Its first edition was written in Hebrew, though there might not have been one universal form of the Hebrew language when it was written. If the book was written by Moses, it was written when he and many other Jewish people spent forty years out casted in the forest.

Genesis also taught us about humankind. Humankind was created to be a relational being and to be a steward. God created humankind to be in relation with God and with each other. God

In Genesis 18:1-15, Jesus visits Abraham, along with a monumental message about the future. God makes a promise to Abraham, that is relatively impossible. The promise results in Abraham's wife showing disbelief against God. Since she was elderly, she disbelieved that something such as this could ever happen. In Luke 1:37, it says, "for nothing is impossible with God". Sarah did not believe that God could do the impossible, and years later the impossible happened

Throughout the Old Testament, God demonstrates that He is gracious (Genesis 9:12-17) and gives us the promise of salvation (Genesis 3:15). He is a personal and forgiving God (Exodus 34:6-7), who cares about our needs (Psalm 23) and listens to our prayers (Psalm 34:17). God is merciful (Nehemiah 9:17), loving (Psalm 92:2), just (Psalm 37:28), and unchanging (Psalm 90:2, Hebrews 6:18).

Genesis is the beginning of the beginning, the basis for the rest of the Bible, and the start of it all. Genesis shows us creation, man’s sinful downfall, man’s rebellion, a chance for redemption, and God’s mercy.