What is the Book of Genesis About?

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Genesis is a history book. The first book of the Pentateuch, or the first five books of the

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Bible. These were all written by the prophet Moses in the 15th century BC. Genesis means origins, and that's what this book is about.

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The origins of creation, the human race, sin, and the Jewish people. It opens with one of the most famous sentences in history.

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In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Chapter 1 is of the six -day creation, with chapter 2 focusing on the first man and woman,

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Adam and Eve, made in the image of God. In chapter 3, we read of the fall of man.

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When a serpent tempted Eve to eat of the one tree God told them not to eat from, Eve gave some of the fruit to Adam, and he ate.

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This was the original sin. And as a result, all creation is cursed. Death enters the picture, and man is separated from God.

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Yet it's here that we have the first mention of the gospel. In Genesis 3 .15, God said to the serpent,

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I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring.

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He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. This is like the thesis statement of the

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Bible, foreshadowing the coming of a Savior, Jesus Christ, whom the whole Bible is about.

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In chapters 4 -11, we read about Cain and Abel, Noah and the great flood, the Tower of Babel, and the

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Table of Nations. Chapters 12 -50 tell us about the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob called

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Israel, Jacob's sons who fathered the twelve tribes of Israel, and we finish with Joseph in Egypt.

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Genesis features three main themes, land, seed, and covenant. For example, God promises

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Abraham land, gives him children or seed, and makes a covenant with him. The book ends with promises not yet fulfilled, but even

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Genesis looks forward to that ultimate promise, Jesus Christ, who will defeat death and undo the curse of sin for all who believe by faith when we understand the text.