Genesis Book Map

Genesis organized in a 3×7 matrix, revealing the book's woven structure. How to read this map →

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ACosmic Order BTransition CCovenants DFamily EFamily FCovenants GPolitical Order
1
Unit 1
1:1-2:3
Creation, sabbath rest
Unit 5
11:10-13:4
Abram's call, journey to Canaan
Unit 6
13:5-14:24
Separation from Lot, war of kings
Unit 11
25:12-34
Ishmael, Jacob and Esau birth
Unit 12
26:1-33
Isaac in Gerar, wells, treaty
Unit 17
36:1-41:45
Joseph sold, serves in Egypt
2
Unit 2
2:4-4:26
Eden, Cain and Abel
Unit 4
11:1-9
Tower of Babel
Unit 7
15:1-17:27
Covenant ceremonies, circumcision
Unit 8
18:1-19:38
Visitors, Sodom destruction
Unit 13
26:34-28:9
Jacob receives blessing, flees
Unit 14
28:10-32:3
Jacob's dream, service to Laban
Unit 18
41:46-47:26
Joseph's famine administration
3
Unit 3
5:1-10:32
Genealogies, Flood, table of nations
Unit 9
20:1-22:19
Isaac's birth, binding of Isaac
Unit 10
22:20-25:11
Sarah's death, Rebekah, Abraham's death
Unit 15
32:4-33:16
Wrestling at Peniel, reunion with Esau
Unit 16
33:17-35:29
Shechem, Bethel, deaths of Rachel and Isaac
Unit 19
47:27-50:26
Jacob's blessings, deaths and burials