Chapter 2 

The first sabbath. (1-3) 
Particulars about the creation. (4-7) 
The planting of the garden of Eden. (8-14) 
Man is placed in it. (15) 
God's command. (16,17) 
The animals named, The making of woman, The Divine institution of marriage. (18-25) 
 

The serpent deceives Eve. (1-5) 
Adam and Eve transgress the Divine command, and fall into sin and misery. (6-8) 
God calls upon Adam and Eve to answer. (9-13) 
The serpent cursed, The promised Seed. (14,15) 
The punishment of mankind. (16-19) 
The first clothing of mankind. (20,21) 
Adam and Eve are driven out from paradise. (22-24) 
 

Chapter 4 

The birth, employment, and religion of Cain and Abel. (1-7) 
Cain murders Abel, The curse of Cain. (8-15) 
The conduct of Cain, His family. (16-18) 
Lamech and his wives, The skill of Cain's descendants. (19-24) 
The birth of another son and grandson of Adam. (25,26) 
 

Chapter 5 

Adam and Seth. (1-5) 
The patriarchs from Seth to Enoch. (6-20) 
Enoch. (21-24) 
Methuselah to Noah. (25-32) 
 

The wickedness of the world which provoked God's wrath. (1-7) 
Noah finds grace. (8-11) 
Noah warned of the flood, The directions respecting the ark. (12-21) 
Noah's faith and obedience. (22) 
 

Chapter 7 

Noah, and his family and the living creatures, enter the ark, and the flood begins. (1-12) 
Noah shut in the ark. (13-16) 
The increase of the flood for forty days. (17-20) 
All flesh is destroyed by the flood. (21-24) 
 

Chapter 8 

God remembers Noah, and dries up the waters. (1-3) 
The ark rests on Ararat, Noah sends forth a raven and a dove. (4-12) 
Noah being commanded, goes out of the ark. (13-19) 
Noah offers sacrifice, God promises to curse the earth no more. (20-22) 
 

Chapter 9 

God blesses Noah, and grants flesh for food. (1-3) 
Blood, and murder forbidden. (4-7) 
God's covenant by the rainbow. (8-17) 
Noah plants a vineyard, is drunken and mocked by Ham. (18-23) 
Noah curses Canaan, blesses Shem, prays for Japheth, His death. (24-29) 
 

The sons of Noah, of Japheth, of Ham. (1-7) 
Nimrod the first monarch. (8-14) 
The descendants of Canaan, The sons of Shem. (15-32) 
 

Chapter 11 

One language in the world, The building of Babel. (1-4) 
The confusion of tongues, The builders of Babel dispersed. (5-9) 
The descendants of Shem. (10-26) 
Terah, father of Abram, grandfather of Lot, they remove to Haran. (27-32) 
 

God calls Abram, and blesses him with a promise of Christ. (1-3) 
Abram departs from Haran. (4,5) 
He journeys through Canaan, and worships God in that land. (6-9) 
Abram is driven by a famine into Egypt, He feigns his wife to be his sister. (10-20) 
 

Chapter 13 

Abram returns out of Egypt with great riches. (1-4) 
Strife between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. Abram gives Lot his choice of the country. (5-9) 
Lot chooses to dwell at Sodom. (10-13) 
God renews his promise to Abram, who removes to Hebron. (14-18) 
 

Chapter 14 

The battle of the kings, Lot is taken prisoner. (1-12) 
Abram rescues Lot. (13-16) 
Melchizedek blesses Abram. (17-20) 
Abram restores the spoil. (21-24) 
 

God encourages Abram. (1) 
The Divine promise, Abraham is justified by faith. (2-6) 
God promises Canaan to Abraham for an inheritance. (7-11) 
The promise confirmed in a vision. (12-16) 
The promise confirmed by a sign. (17-21) 
 

Chapter 16 

Sarai gives Hagar to Abram. (1-3) 
Hagar's misbehaviour to Sarai. (4-6) 
The Angel commands Hagar to return, The promise to her Birth of Ishmael. (7-16) 
 

Chapter 17 

God renews the covenant with Abram. (1-6) 
Circumcision instituted. (7-14) 
Sarai's name changed, Isaac promised. (15-22) 
Abraham and his family are circumcised. (23-27) 
 

The Lord appears to Abraham. (1-8) 
Sarah's unbelief reproved. (9-15) 
God reveals to Abraham the destruction of Sodom. (16-22) 
Abraham's intercession for Sodom. (23-33) 
 

Chapter 19 

The destruction of Sodom, and the deliverance of Lot. (1-29) 
The sin and disgrace of Lot. (30-38) 
 

Chapter 20 

Abraham's sojourn at Gerar, Sarah is taken by Abimelech. (1-8) 
Abimelech's rebuke to Abraham. (9-13) 
Abimelech restores Sarah. (14-18) 
 

Birth of Isaac, Sarah's joy. (1-8) 
Ishmael mocks Isaac. (9-13) 
Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth, They are relieved and comforted by an angel. (14-21) 
Abimelech's covenant with Abraham. (22-34) 
 

Chapter 22 

God commands Abraham to offer up Isaac. (1,2) 
Abraham's faith and obedience to the Divine command. (3-10) 
Another sacrifice is provided instead of Isaac. (11-14) 
The covenant with Abraham renewed. (15-19) 
The family of Nahor. (20-24) 
 

Chapter 23 

The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place. (1-13) 
Sarah's burying-place. (14-20) 
 

Chapter 24 

Abraham's care for Isaac's marriage. (1-9) 
The journey of Abraham's servant to Mesopotamia, His meeting with Rebekah. (10-28) 
Rebekah and her relatives consent to her marriage. (29-53) 
The happy meeting and marriage of Isaac and rebekah. (54-67) 
 

Abraham's family by Keturah, His death and burial. (1-10) 
God blesses Isaac The descendants of Ishmael. (11-18) 
The birth of Esau and Jacob. (19-26) 
The different characters of Esau and Jacob. (27,28) 
Esau despises and sells his birth-right. (29-34) 
 

Chapter 26 

Isaac, because of famine, goes to Gerar. (1-5) 
He denies his wife and is reproved by Abimelech. (6-11) 
Isaac grows rich, The Philistines' envy. (12-17) 
Isaac digs wells God blesses him. (18-25) 
Abimelech makes a covenant with Isaac. (26-33) 
Esau's wives. (34,35) 
 

Isaac sends Esau for venison. (1-5) 
Rebekah teaches Jacob to obtain the blessing. (6-17) 
Jacob, pretending to be Esau, obtains the blessing. (18-29) 
Isaac's fear, Esau's importunity. (30-40) 
Esau threatens Jacob's life, Rebekah sends Jacob away. (41-46) 
 

Chapter 28 

Isaac sends Jacob to Padan-aram. (1-5) 
Esau marries the daughter of Ishmael. (6-9) 
Jacob's vision. (10-15) 
The stone of Beth-el. (16-19) 
Jacob's vow. (20-22) 
 

Chapter 29 

Jacob comes to the well of Haran. (1-8) 
His interview with Rachel, Laban entertains him. (9-14) 
Jacob's covenant for Rachel, Laban's deceit. (15-30) 
Leah's sons. (31-35) 
 

Chapter 30 

A further account of Jacob's family. (1-13) 
Rachel beareth Joseph. (14-24) 
Jacob's new agreement with Laban to serve him for cattle. (25-43) 
 

Chapter 31 

Jacob departs secretly. (1-21) 
Laban pursues Jacob. (23-35) 
Jacob's complaint of Laban's conduct. (36-42) 
Their covenant at Galeed. (43-55) 
 

Jacob's vision at Mahanaim, His fear of Esau. (1-8) 
Jacob's earnest prayer for deliverance, He prepares a present for Esau. (9-23) 
He wrestles with the Angel. (24-32) 
 

Chapter 33 

The friendly meeting of Jacob and Esau. (1-16) 
Jacob comes to Succoth and Shalem, He builds an altar. (17-20) 
 

Chapter 34 

Dinah defiled by Shechem. (1-19) 
The Shechemites murdered by Simeon and Levi. (20-31) 
 

Chapter 35 

God commands Jacob to go to Beth-el, He puts away idols from his family. (1-5) 
Jacob builds an altar, Death of Deborah, God blesses Jacob. (6-15) 
Death of Rachel. (16-20) 
Reuben's crime, The death of Isaac. (21-29) 
 

Chapter 36 

Esau and his descendants. 
 

Joseph is loved of Jacob, but hated by his brethren. (1-4) 
Joseph's dreams. (5-11) 
Jacob sends Joseph to visit his brethren, They conspire his death. (12-22) 
Joseph's brethren sell him. (23-10) 
Jacob deceived, Joseph sold to Potiphar. (31-36) 
 

Chapter 38 

The profligate conduct of Judah and his family. 
 

Chapter 39 

Joseph preferred by Potiphar. (1-6) 
Joseph resists temptation. (7-12) 
Joseph is falsely accused by his mistress. (13-18) 
He is cast into prison, God is with him there. (19-23) 
 

Chapter 40 

The chief butler and baker of Pharaoh in prison, Their dreams interpreted by Joseph. (1-19) 
The ingratitude of the chief butler. (20-23) 
 

Pharaoh's dreams. (1-8) 
Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams. (9-32) 
Joseph's counsel, He is highly advanced. (33-45) 
Joseph's children, The beginning of the famine. (46-57) 
 

Chapter 42 

Jacob sends ten sons to buy corn. (1-6) 
Joseph's treatment of his brethren. (7-20) 
Their remorse, Simeon detained. (21-24) 
The rest return with corn. (25-28) 
Jacob refuses to send Benjamin to Egypt. (29-38) 
 

Chapter 43 

Jacob is persuaded to send Benjamin into Egypt. (1-14) 
Joseph's reception of his brethren, their fears. (15-25) 
Joseph makes a feast for his brethren. (26-34) 
 

Chapter 44 

Joseph's policy to stay his brethren, and try their affection for Benjamin. (1-17) 
Judah's supplication to Joseph. (18-34) 
 

Joseph comforts his brethren, and sends for his father. (1-15) 
Pharaoh confirms Joseph's invitation, Joseph's gifts to his brethren. (16-24) 
Jacob receives the news of Joseph's being alive. (25-28) 
 

Chapter 46 

God's promises to Jacob. (1-4) 
Jacob and his family go to Egypt. (5-27) 
Joseph meets his father and his brethren. (28-34) 
 

Chapter 47 

Joseph presents his brethren to Pharaoh. (1-6) 
Jacob blesses Pharaoh. (7-12) 
Joseph's dealings with the Egyptians during the famine. (13-26) 
Jacob's age. His desire to be buried in Canaan. (27-31) 
 

Joseph visits his dying father. (1-7) 
Jacob blesses Joseph's sons. (8-22) 
 

Chapter 49 

Jacob calls his sons to bless them. (1,2) 
Reuben, Simeon, Levi. (3-7) 
Judah. (8-12) 
Zebulun, Issachar, Dan. (13-18) 
Gad, Asher, Naphtali. (19-21) 
Joseph and Benjamin. (22-27) 
Jacob's charge respecting his burial, His death. (28-33) 
 

Chapter 50 

The mourning for Jacob. (1-6) 
His funeral. (7-14) 
Joseph's brethren crave his pardon, He comforts them. (15-21) 
Joseph's direction concerning his bones, His death. (22-26)