Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — of the heavens and the earth, of humanity made in the image of God, of marriage and Sabbath, of sin and death, and of the promise that runs like a scarlet thread through all of Scripture: the offspring of the woman who will crush the serpent’s head. The opening chapters move from the very good creation to the fall, the first murder, the flood, and the scattering at Babel — humanity’s rebellion answered again and again by judgment laced with mercy. Then the story narrows to one man: the LORD calls Abram out of Ur and swears a covenant to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring. The rest of the book follows that fragile promise through barren wombs and famines, through Isaac spared on Moriah, Jacob wrestling at Peniel, and Joseph sold by his brothers yet raised up in Egypt — where what they meant for evil, God meant for good, to keep many people alive. It closes with Israel in Egypt and a dying Jacob blessing his sons, promising that the scepter will not depart from Judah. Read through a biblical lens, Genesis lays the foundation for everything that follows — the God who creates by his word, judges in righteousness, and keeps covenant across generations until the promised seed comes. Each chapter has a full deep study and a short summary handout.