New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) Genesis Outline GENESIS OUTLINE OF CONTENTS 1 Creation of heavens and earth (1, 2) Six days of preparing the earth (3-31) Day 1: light; day and night (3-5) Day 2: expanse (6-8) Day 3: dry land and vegetation (9-13) Day 4: heavenly luminaries (14-19) Day 5: fish and birds (20-23) Day 6: land animals and humans (24-31) 2 God rests on the seventh day (1-3) Jehovah God, Maker of heaven and earth (4) Man and woman in the garden of Eden (5-25) Man formed out of dust (7) Forbidden tree of knowledge (15-17) Creation of woman (18-25) 3 Origin of man’s sin (1-13) The first lie (4, 5) Jehovah’s judgment on the rebels (14-24) Woman’s offspring foretold (15) Expulsion from Eden (23, 24) 4 Cain and Abel (1-16) Cain’s descendants (17-24) Seth and his son Enosh (25, 26) 5 From Adam to Noah (1-32) Adam fathered sons and daughters (4) Enoch walked with God (21-24) 6 Sons of God take wives on earth (1-3) Nephilim born (4) Mankind’s badness saddens Jehovah (5-8) Noah commissioned to build an ark (9-16) God proclaims the coming of the Flood (17-22) 7 Entering the ark (1-10) The global Flood (11-24) 8 The floodwaters subside (1-14) Dove sent out (8-12) Leaving the ark (15-19) God’s promise for the earth (20-22) 9 Instructions for all mankind (1-7) Law about blood (4-6) Rainbow covenant (8-17) Prophecies about Noah’s descendants (18-29) 10 List of the nations (1-32) Descendants of Japheth (2-5) Descendants of Ham (6-20) Nimrod opposes Jehovah (8-12) Descendants of Shem (21-31) 11 Tower of Babel (1-4) Jehovah confuses the language (5-9) From Shem to Abram (10-32) Terah’s family (27) Abram leaves Ur (31) 12 Abram leaves Haran for Canaan (1-9) God’s promise to Abram (7) Abram and Sarai in Egypt (10-20) 13 Abram returns to Canaan (1-4) Abram and Lot separate (5-13) God’s promise to Abram repeated (14-18) 14 Abram rescues Lot (1-16) Melchizedek blesses Abram (17-24) 15 God’s covenant with Abram (1-21) The 400 years of affliction foretold (13) God’s promise to Abram repeated (18-21) 16 Hagar and Ishmael (1-16) 17 Abraham to become a father of many nations (1-8) Abram renamed Abraham (5) Covenant of circumcision (9-14) Sarai renamed Sarah (15-17) Son Isaac promised (18-27) 18 Three angels visit Abraham (1-8) A son promised to Sarah; she laughs (9-15) Abraham pleads for Sodom (16-33) 19 Lot visited by angels (1-11) Lot and his family urged to leave (12-22) Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed (23-29) Lot’s wife becomes a pillar of salt (26) Lot and his daughters (30-38) Origin of Moab and Ammon (37, 38) 20 Sarah rescued from Abimelech (1-18) 21 Birth of Isaac (1-7) Ishmael mocks Isaac (8, 9) Hagar and Ishmael sent away (10-21) Abraham’s covenant with Abimelech (22-34) 22 Abraham told to offer up Isaac (1-19) Blessing because of Abraham’s offspring (15-18) Rebekah’s family (20-24) 23 Sarah’s death and burial place (1-20) 24 Seeking a wife for Isaac (1-58) Rebekah goes to meet Isaac (59-67) 25 Abraham remarries (1-6) Abraham’s death (7-11) Ishmael’s sons (12-18) Birth of Jacob and Esau (19-26) Esau sells his birthright (27-34) 26 Isaac and Rebekah in Gerar (1-11) God’s promise confirmed to Isaac (3-5) Conflict over wells (12-25) Isaac’s covenant with Abimelech (26-33) Esau’s two Hittite wives (34, 35) 27 Jacob gets Isaac’s blessing (1-29) Esau seeks blessing but is unrepentant (30-40) Esau’s animosity toward Jacob (41-46) 28 Isaac sends Jacob to Paddan-aram (1-9) Jacob’s dream at Bethel (10-22) God’s promise confirmed to Jacob (13-15) 29 Jacob meets Rachel (1-14) Jacob falls in love with Rachel (15-20) Jacob marries Leah and Rachel (21-29) Jacob’s four sons by Leah: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah (30-35) 30 Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali (1-8) Zilpah bears Gad and Asher (9-13) Leah bears Issachar and Zebulun (14-21) Rachel bears Joseph (22-24) Jacob’s flocks increase (25-43) 31 Jacob secretly departs for Canaan (1-18) Laban overtakes Jacob (19-35) Jacob’s covenant with Laban (36-55) 32 Angels meet Jacob (1, 2) Jacob prepares to meet Esau (3-23) Jacob wrestles with an angel (24-32) Jacob renamed Israel (28) 33 Jacob meets Esau (1-16) Jacob journeys to Shechem (17-20) 34 Dinah raped (1-12) Jacob’s sons act deceitfully (13-31) 35 Jacob gets rid of foreign gods (1-4) Jacob returns to Bethel (5-15) Benjamin’s birth; Rachel’s death (16-20) Israel’s 12 sons (21-26) Isaac’s death (27-29) 36 Esau’s descendants (1-30) Edom’s kings and sheikhs (31-43) 37 Joseph’s dreams (1-11) Joseph and his jealous brothers (12-24) Joseph sold into slavery (25-36) 38 Judah and Tamar (1-30) 39 Joseph in Potiphar’s house (1-6) Joseph resists Potiphar’s wife (7-20) Joseph in prison (21-23) 40 Joseph interprets prisoners’ dreams (1-19) “Interpretations belong to God” (8) Pharaoh’s birthday feast (20-23) 41 Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams (1-36) Joseph exalted by Pharaoh (37-46a) Joseph’s food administration (46b-57) 42 Joseph’s brothers go to Egypt (1-4) Joseph meets his brothers and tests them (5-25) The brothers return home to Jacob (26-38) 43 Joseph’s brothers’ second trip to Egypt; with Benjamin (1-14) Joseph meets again with his brothers (15-23) Joseph’s banquet with his brothers (24-34) 44 Joseph’s silver cup in Benjamin’s bag (1-17) Judah pleads for Benjamin (18-34) 45 Joseph reveals his identity (1-15) Joseph’s brothers return for Jacob (16-28) 46 Jacob and his household move to Egypt (1-7) Names of those moving to Egypt (8-27) Joseph meets Jacob at Goshen (28-34) 47 Jacob meets Pharaoh (1-12) Joseph’s wise administration (13-26) Israel settles in Goshen (27-31) 48 Jacob blesses Joseph’s two sons (1-12) Ephraim gets greater blessing (13-22) 49 Jacob’s deathbed prophecy (1-28) Shiloh to come out of Judah (10) Jacob’s burial instructions (29-32) Jacob’s death (33) 50 Joseph buries Jacob in Canaan (1-14) Joseph confirms his forgiveness (15-21) Joseph’s final days and death (22-26) Joseph’s command about his bones (25)