Read Genesis 1:1-6:8 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
Gen 1:1-5 {p} First day of Creation
Gen 1:6-8 {p} Second day of Creation
Gen 1:9-13 {p} Third day of Creation
Gen 1:14-19 {p} Fourth day of Creation
Gen 1:20-23 {p} Fifth day of Creation
Gen 1:24-31 {p} Sixth day of Creation
Gen 2:1-3 {p} Seventh day of Creation
Gen 2:4-3:15 {s} Disobedience to YHVH’s command is sin
Gen 3:16 {s} Consequence for the woman (painful toil)
Gen 3:17-21 {p} Consequence for the man (painful toil)
Gen 3:22-24 {s} Exile from YHVH’s presence is the consequence of sin
Gen 4:1-26 {s} Exile from family is the consequence of sin
Gen 5:1-5 {s} Mortality of Adam
Gen 5:6-8 {s} Mortality of Seth
Gen 5:9-11 {s} Mortality of Enosh
Gen 5:12-14 {s} Mortality of Kenan
Gen 5:15-17 {s} Mortality of Mahalalel
Gen 5:18-20 {s} Mortality of Jared
Gen 5:21-24 {s} Enoch walked with Elohiym and did not die
Gen 5:25-27 {s} Mortality of Methuselah
Gen 5:28-31 {s} Mortality of Lamech
Gen 5:32-6:4 {p} Holy Spirit will not strive with flesh forever
Gen 6:5-8 {p} YHVH will destroy His creation because their wickedness was great, but Noah found grace in the eyes of YHVH
Strong themes of the parashah
Gen 1:1-2:3 {px7} Seven days of Creation, i.e. God is our Creator
Gen 2:4-3:21 {s+s+p} Disobedience is sin, and carries the consequence of painful toil (work) and death
Gen 3:22-6:4 {sx11+p} Exile, death follows from sin, walking with the flesh; but life follows from walking with YHVH
Gen 6:5-8 {p} YHVH will destroy His creation because their wickedness was great, but Noah found grace in the eyes of YHVH
Gen 1:1-6:8 triennial Torah portions
Gen 1:1-2:3 {px7} triennial bereisheet, “in the beginning”
Gen 2:4-3:24 {s+s+p+s} triennial elleh toldot, “these are the generations”
Gen 4:1-26 {s} triennial v’adam yada, “and the man knew”
Gen 5:1-6:8 {sx9+p+p} triennial sefer toldot, “book of generations”
The triennial divisions of bereisheet revealed in the paragraph divisions
Gen 1:1-6:8 chiastic structure
Theme of the parashah
Exile/ death follows from sin/ walking in flesh, life follows from walking with Yehovah
Finding the theme of parashah bereisheet
Finding Messiah in Bereisheet
Additional readings for this parashah
Isa 42:5-43:10 (my notes) | Joh 1:1-18 (my notes)
Studies in Bereisheet
Gen 1:1, Hebrew root meaning of Elohiym
Gen 1:26, According to its kind
Gen 2:1-3, Sabbath, the gift of grace (and index of Sabbath studies)
The difference between Gen 1 and Gen 2
Gen 3:16-21, Curse or consequences
Gen 3 and 4, Beware of deviations from the word of God
Gen 4, The power of a choice
Gen 4, Parenting to foster excellence
Gen 4:7, Ancient Hebrew pictographs and the meaning of chattath, “sin”
Gen 5:1-5, The mortality of Adam
Gen 5:21-24, Enoch walked with God
Gen 5:25-27, Methuselah
Gen 5:32-6:4, The nephilim
Gen 6:5-8, Noah’s grace
Further study off site
Bereisheet – Restoration of Torah
Bereisheet Torah Pearls – Nehemiah Gordon and Keith Johnson
Biblical creation and history – Answers in Genesis
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