LECTURE TAKE NOTES: Genesis 1 and 2 provide two

complementary accounts of the creation

CREATION THEORY
of the world. Genesis 1 offers a broad,
- Fiction structured overview of creation,
- 1st Act of God’s Revelation emphasizing the power of God's word,
while Genesis 2 provides a more detailed
INNERANCY and personal account of humanity's
creation.
- Free from Error

7 = PERFECT

GOD IS A PROVIDENTIAL GOD Chapter 1: The Seven Days of

Creation
GOD IS A PERFECT GOD
1. Day 1: God creates light,
GOD IS THE CREATOR separating it from darkness, calling
them day and night.
GOD IS A MERCIFUL GOD
2. Day 2: God creates the sky,
GOD IS A LAWGIVER
separating the waters above from
the waters below.

Repeated Phrases for 7 times 3. Day 3: God gathers the waters to

reveal land and creates
 Thus evening came, & morning
vegetation (plants and trees).
followed
 Let there be & there was 4. Day 4: God creates the sun,
 God saw how good it was moon, and stars to govern the
day, night, and seasons.

5. Day 5: God creates birds and sea

“Ex Nihilo” – Out of Nothing
creatures.
- God created the universe out of
6. Day 6: God creates land animals
nothing
and humans (male and female) in
“Menuha” – Rest / Rejuvenation His image, giving them dominion
over creation.
Sunday – Sabbath Day
7. Day 7: God rests, blessing the day
Noah- 600 yrs old when Great Flood and making it holy.
Happened
Key Themes
Babel – Confusion
 Order and Purpose: Creation
- Represents human’s Pride and unfolds in an orderly sequence.
Ambition
 God’s Word: "And God said..."
demonstrates the power of His
command.
Genesis Chapters 1 & 2 Reviewer
 Humanity’s Role: Humans are
Overview
created in God’s image, tasked
with stewardship of creation.
 Genesis 1 Genesis 2

Chapter 2: The Detailed Creation of Broad overview of Detailed focus on

Humanity creation humanity

1. Creation of Man: God forms man Emphasizes God's Highlights God's

(Adam) from the dust of the power personal care
ground and breathes into his
nostrils the breath of life. Structured by days Narrative format

2. The Garden of Eden: God places Humanity created Humanity created

Adam in Eden, a lush garden with last first
the Tree of Life and the Tree of
the Knowledge of Good and
Evil.
Key Verses
3. Adam’s Responsibility: Adam is
tasked to work and take care of the  Genesis 1:27 – "So God created
garden. mankind in his own image, in the
image of God he created them;
4. Prohibition: Adam is forbidden to male and female he created them."
eat from the Tree of the Knowledge
of Good and Evil.  Genesis 2:7 – "Then the Lord God
formed a man from the dust of the
5. Creation of Animals: God creates ground and breathed into his
animals as companions, but none nostrils the breath of life, and the
are suitable helpers for Adam. man became a living being."
6. Creation of Woman: God creates  Genesis 2:24 – "That is why a man
woman (Eve) from Adam’s rib, leaves his father and mother and is
emphasizing the unique united to his wife, and they
relationship between man and become one flesh.
woman.
Genesis 3 and 4 shift the focus from the
Key Themes perfection of creation to the fall of
humanity and its consequences. Chapter 3
 God’s Intimacy: Unlike the broad
narrates the disobedience of Adam and
commands of Chapter 1, this
Eve, leading to the entrance of sin into the
account shows God personally
world, while Chapter 4 highlights the
shaping and breathing life into
consequences of sin through the story of
humanity.
Cain and Abel.
 Human Relationships: Marriage
is introduced as a sacred bond.

 Free Will: The presence of the Tree Chapter 3: The Fall of Humanity
of the Knowledge of Good and Evil Key Events
introduces the concept of choice
and obedience. 1. The Temptation: The serpent
tempts Eve by questioning God’s
command and claiming that eating
from the Tree of the Knowledge of
Comparing Genesis 1 and 2
 Good and Evil will make her like clothe Adam and Eve, showing care
God, knowing good and evil. even in judgment.

2. The Disobedience: Eve eats the

fruit and shares it with Adam. Their
eyes are opened, and they realize Chapter 4: Cain and Abel
they are naked.
Key Events
3. God Confronts Them: God seeks
1. Cain and Abel’s Offerings: Cain,
out Adam and Eve, who hide in
a farmer, and Abel, a shepherd,
shame. Each blames someone else
bring offerings to God. God favors
—Adam blames Eve, and Eve
Abel’s offering over Cain’s.
blames the serpent.
2. Cain’s Jealousy and Sin: Angered
by God’s favor toward Abel, Cain
lures Abel into the field and kills
him.
4. The Consequences:
3. God Confronts Cain: God asks
o Serpent: Cursed to crawl Cain about Abel, but Cain denies
on its belly and be at enmity responsibility, saying, “Am I my
with humanity. brother’s keeper?”
o Eve: Pain in childbirth and a 4. The Consequences for Cain: God
strained relationship with curses Cain, making him a restless
her husband. wanderer. However, God marks
Cain to protect him from being
o Adam: The ground is
killed.
cursed; work becomes
toilsome. 5. Cain’s Descendants: Cain settles
in the land of Nod and builds a city.
5. Expulsion from Eden: God drives
His descendants are described,
Adam and Eve out of the Garden of
including advancements in culture
Eden and places a cherubim with a
and technology.
flaming sword to guard the Tree of
Life. 6. Seth’s Birth: Adam and Eve have
another son, Seth, through whom
Key Themes
humanity continues to call on the
 Temptation and Free Will: name of the Lord.
Humans are free to choose but
Key Themes
must face the consequences of
their choices.  Worship and Heart Attitude:
Abel’s offering reflects genuine
 Sin and Separation:
faith, while Cain’s reflects a wrong
Disobedience results in separation
attitude.
from God and a disrupted
relationship with creation.  Sin’s Escalation: The sin
introduced in Chapter 3 intensifies
 God’s Mercy: Despite their sin,
as jealousy leads to murder.
God provides garments of skin to
  God’s Justice and Mercy: Cain is 1. Adam’s Descendants: The
punished but also protected by chapter traces the lineage from
God’s mark. Adam to Noah, emphasizing the
long lifespans of the patriarchs.
 Human Progress and Sin: While
humanity advances culturally, sin 2. Key Figures:
continues to corrupt relationships.
o Enoch: Walked faithfully
with God and was taken by
God (did not die).
Key Verses
o Noah: Introduced as a
 Genesis 3:6 – “When the woman righteous man who will
saw that the fruit of the tree was bring relief from the curse of
good for food and pleasing to the the ground.
eye, and also desirable for gaining
wisdom, she took some and ate it.” Key Themes

 Genesis 3:15 – “I will put enmity  God’s Faithfulness: The

between you and the woman, and preservation of a godly lineage
between your offspring and hers; despite humanity’s sin.
he will crush your head, and you
 Hope in Noah: A foretaste of
will strike his heel.”
deliverance through Noah’s
 Genesis 4:7 – “If you do what is introduction.
right, will you not be accepted? But
if you do not do what is right, sin is
crouching at your door; it desires Chapter 6: Increasing Wickedness and
to have you, but you must rule Noah’s Call
over it.”
1. Human Corruption: Humanity
becomes increasingly wicked, and
every inclination of the heart is
evil.
Genesis Chapters 5–9 Reviewer 2. God’s Grief: God regrets creating
Overview humanity due to their wickedness.

These chapters narrate the lineage of 3. Noah’s Favor: Noah is described

Adam through Noah, the increasing as righteous and blameless,
wickedness of humanity, the story of Noah walking faithfully with God.
and the flood, and God's covenant with 4. The Ark: God commands Noah to
Noah. The focus shifts from human sin to build an ark to save his family and
God’s judgment and eventual restoration. a remnant of animals from the
coming flood.

Key Themes
Chapter Summaries
 God’s Judgment: Wickedness
Chapter 5: The Genealogy from Adam
leads to God’s decision to cleanse
to Noah
the earth.
  God’s Grace: Noah’s faithfulness who promises never to destroy the
demonstrates that God preserves a earth by flood again.
remnant.
Key Themes

 God’s Faithfulness: God

Chapter 7: The Flood Begins remembers Noah and begins the
process of restoration.
1. Entering the Ark: Noah, his
family, and the animals enter the  Worship: Noah’s sacrifice reflects
ark as God commands. gratitude and acknowledgment of
God’s mercy.
2. The Floodwaters: Rain falls for 40
days and 40 nights, covering even
the highest mountains.
Chapter 9: God’s Covenant with Noah
3. The Extent of Destruction: Every
1. God’s Blessing: God blesses Noah
living thing outside the ark
and his sons, commanding them to
perishes.
be fruitful and multiply.
4. God’s Protection: God
2. Covenant with Creation: God
remembers Noah and sustains him
establishes a covenant, promising
through the flood.
never to destroy the earth with a
Key Themes flood again.

 God’s Sovereignty: The flood is a 3. The Rainbow: God sets the

divine act of judgment and rainbow as a sign of the covenant.
renewal.
4. Noah’s Family: Noah plants a
 Obedience: Noah’s meticulous vineyard, becomes drunk, and is
adherence to God’s instructions dishonored by his son Ham. Shem
ensures survival. and Japheth show respect, leading
to blessings and curses on their
descendants.
Chapter 8: The Flood Recedes Key Themes
1. Waters Subside: After 150 days,  Covenant and Promise: God’s
the waters begin to recede, and the covenant is a sign of His mercy and
ark comes to rest on Mount Ararat. commitment to creation.
2. The Dove: Noah sends out a dove  Human Weakness: Even
to determine if the land is dry. The righteous Noah demonstrates
dove returns with an olive leaf, human frailty.
signaling renewal.
 Blessing and Cursing: Actions
3. Leaving the Ark: God commands have consequences that affect
Noah, his family, and the animals generations.
to leave the ark.

4. Noah’s Offering: Noah builds an

altar and offers a sacrifice to God, Key Verses
  Genesis 6:8 – “But Noah found o He confuses their language,
favor in the eyes of the Lord.” causing them to stop
building.
 Genesis 7:16 – “Then the Lord shut
him in.” o The people are scattered
across the earth.
 Genesis 8:21 – “Never again will I
curse the ground because of 4. The Name Babel: The city is
humans, even though every called Babel because God confused
inclination of the human heart is (Hebrew: balal) their language.
evil from childhood.”
Key Themes
 Genesis 9:13 – “I have set my
rainbow in the clouds, and it will be  Human Pride: The tower
the sign of the covenant between symbolizes humanity’s desire for
me and the earth.” self-sufficiency and glory apart
from God.

 God’s Sovereignty: God acts

Genesis Chapter 11 Reviewer decisively to ensure His command
to fill the earth (Genesis 9:1) is
Overview
fulfilled.
Genesis 11 contains two main sections:
 Diversity of Languages: The
the story of the Tower of Babel (verses 1–
origin of different languages is
9) and the genealogy from Shem to Abram
explained as a result of divine
(verses 10–32). The chapter transitions
judgment.
from humanity’s collective disobedience to
God’s focus on one family through which
He will fulfill His redemptive plan.
2. Genealogy from Shem to Abram
(Verses 10–32)

Chapter Summary 1. Shem’s Line: The genealogy

traces the descendants of Shem,
1. The Tower of Babel (Verses 1–9)
one of Noah’s sons, leading to
1. Unified Language: Humanity Abram.
speaks a single language and
2. Introduction to Abram’s Family:
decides to settle in the land of
Shinar. o Terah: Abram’s father has
three sons: Abram, Nahor,
2. The Tower’s Purpose: The people
and Haran.
aim to build a city with a tower that
reaches the heavens to make a o Haran’s Death: Haran dies
name for themselves and avoid in Ur of the Chaldeans,
being scattered. leaving behind his son Lot.

3. God’s Intervention: o Abram’s Marriage: Abram

marries Sarai, who is barren.
o God observes their prideful
ambition. 3. The Journey to Canaan: Terah
sets out with Abram, Sarai, and Lot
 toward Canaan but settles in
Haran, where he dies.

Key Themes

 God’s Plan: The genealogy

connects the story of Noah to
Abram, foreshadowing the
covenant relationship between God
and Abram’s descendants.

 God’s Choice: Abram is

introduced as a key figure through
whom God will fulfill His promise to
bless all nations (Genesis 12:1–3).

 Preparation for Redemption:

This section sets the stage for the
Abrahamic covenant and the
unfolding of God’s plan to restore
humanity.

Key Verses

 Genesis 11:4 – “Come, let us build

ourselves a city, with a tower that
reaches to the heavens, so that we
may make a name for ourselves;
otherwise we will be scattered over
the face of the whole earth.”

 Genesis 11:9 – “That is why it was

called Babel—because there the
Lord confused the language of the
whole world.”