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→Primordial history
The book is essentially divided into two parts: the early, primeval history of man from the [[Creation]] to the fall of the [[Tower of Babel]], and the [[Patriarchal History of Israel]] from [[Abraham]] and his son [[Issac]], grandson [[Jacob]], and Jacob's sons, primarily [[Joseph]].
The book is essentially divided into two parts: the early, primeval history of man from the [[Creation]] to the fall of the [[Tower of Babel]], and the [[Patriarchal History of Israel]] from [[Abraham]] and his son [[Issac]], grandson [[Jacob]], and Jacob's sons, primarily [[Joseph]].
===Primordial history===
===the Creation===
''In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth''. This is one of the most famous statments in the Bible, and it opens up Genesis to a view of the world as being formless and void, just before God acted out His creation. Genesis 1:1 through 2:25 involved bringing forth the waters, the stars, the sun and moon, plants, fish, fowl, and the animals upon the earth, and ends with his creation of Adam, the first man, and Eve, the first woman.
''In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth''. This is one of the most famous statments in the Bible, and it opens up Genesis to a view of the world as being formless and void, just before God acted out His creation. Genesis 1:1 through 2:3 involved the first seven days in history:
*The first day, the creation of light (Gen. 1:2 through 1:5).
*The second day, the creation of the firmament of the waters (Gen. 1:6 through 1:8).
*The third day, the creation of dry earth and plant life (Gen. 1:9 through 1:13).
*The fourth day, the creation of the Sun, the moon, the stars, and the seasons of earth (Gen. 1:14 through 1:19).
*The fifth day, the creation of the animals of the sea and the fowl of the air (Gen. 1:20 through 1:23).
*The sixth day, the creation of the animals of the land, and the creation of Man (Gen. 1:24 through 1:31).
The fall of mankind into sin began when Satan questioned one of God's commands, namely not to eat of the tree of life, and succeeded in talking Eve into eating the fruit, followed by Adam. The result of disobeying this command resulted in the driving away of Adam and Eve from the garden, to live a life of subsistence farming and painful childbearing. Genesis 3:15 is also cited as being the first reference to the coming [[Messiah]].
The fall of mankind into sin began when Satan questioned one of God's commands, namely not to eat of the tree of life, and succeeded in talking Eve into eating the fruit, followed by Adam. The result of disobeying this command resulted in the driving away of Adam and Eve from the garden, to live a life of subsistence farming and painful childbearing. Genesis 3:15 is also cited as being the first reference to the coming [[Messiah]].
== Multiple Authors Theory ==
== Multiple Authors Theory ==