Bible Notes from Genesis

Genesis 1:1 Notice how God’s first sentence declares that atheism, pantheism, polytheism, fatalism, materialism and evolution are all dead wrong. It is taken for granted that God exists, that He is one God (as opposed to “gods” or “the gods”), that He had a specific plan of creation, that He is personally involved with His creation (Gen 1:1-31), that He created all matter, and that all of this happened suddenly, rather than evolving over billions of years. Genesis 1:1 is God’s “six-shooter” that fills this world’s belief system full of holes.

Lucifers Earth

Universe Shape: Ps 48:2, 75:6; Heb 12:22, 1:10-12

Original Earth: Gen 1:1; Isa 66:1; Mat 5:35

Name of first 'earth' Eden: Ezek 31:9

Authority of Rule: Ezek 28:1-15; Isa 14:12-13

Duration of First Earth: (7,000 yrs) Deut 11:21

Destruction of 1st earth: 2Pet 3:4-7; Jer 4:23-27

Earths Watery Grave: 2Pet 3:6; Gen 1:2; Jer 4:23-27; Ezek 28:15-18; Isa 14:14-20

Adams planet named 'Earth': (on day 3) Gen 1:10

Bounds Set: Ps 148:4; Job 38:30; Rev 4:6, 15:2; Ps 24:1-2; Job 38:1-11

Gen 1:2 the deep Job 38:8 The Gap: Jer 4:23-27; Isa 24:1; Isa 45:18; Ezek 28:2-19; 2Pet 3:4-6; Job 38:1-7

Gen 1:6 earths air = the first heaven 1John 5:19; Isa 66:1; Matt 5:35; Ps 148:8; Ps 24:1-2;

Genesis 1:13 This is the first verse in the Bible that doesn’t mention God. It “just happens” to be verse thirteen, the number of rebellion (Gen. 14:4).

Genesis 1:16 The greater and lesser lights are the sun and the moon, which picture Christ and the church. Consequently, both Christ and the church are called the “light of the world” (Mat. 5:14; John 8:12). The church “rules” (spiritually) during the present church age night (Luke 12:38). Christ will rule during the coming millennial “day” (II Pet. 3:8) after He returns.

Genesis 1:20 The first mention of “life” involves water, explaining why physical birth is a water birth (John 3:5; Pro. 5:15-18; Isa. 48:1). To be “born of water” has nothing to do with baptism.

Gen 1:24 Cattle is a four-leg anamil Gen 1:26; Gen 2:20; Gen 8:1; Gen 30:32; Gen 30:40; Gen 46:32; Gen 46:34; Gen 47:17; Exod 9:3; Exod 34:19; Lev 26:22; Num 20:4; Gen 33:17; Num 32:16; Deut 5:14; Deut 28:4;

Genesis 1:26 Man was originally made in God’s “image,” but he lost that image only two chapters afterwards when he became a sinner. No one today is born in God’s image. It is only after being “born again” in Christ that one has God’s image (Col. 3:10; Heb. 1:3; II Cor. 4:4).

Genesis 2:2 The chapter division separates the seventh day of rest from the six days of creation, matching perfectly God’s 7,000 year plan where Christ’s rule in the seventh millennium is separated from the preceding 6,000 years of human dominion.

Genesis 2:7 Man is a three part being, a spirit, a soul, and a body (I Ths. 5:23), corresponding to the fact that God is a Trinity (I John 5:7).

Genesis 2:16 Notice how the word “freely” is used in reference to eating of the trees of the garden, including the tree of life. This pictures the fact that salvation is a “free gift” (Rom. 5:15-18). Eve conveniently omits this word while conversing with the devil in Genesis 3:2, so men omit the word today when speaking of salvation. Thankfully, the word is not omitted in Revelation 22:17.

Genesis 3:1 The first thing Satan says in the Bible is positive, and it is through “good words and fair speeches” (Rom. 16:18) that he continues his deception to this day. The power of positive thinking can get you into a lot of trouble.

Genesis 3:7 Generally, the fig leaves picture man’s self-righteousness. Doctrinally, the fig leaves point to Israel’s self-righteousness (Mat. 24:32; Mark 11:12-14; Rom. 10:3).

Genesis 3:9 God asking Adam “Where art thou?” is most interesting. The Lord obviously knew where Adam was, so the question is being asked for Adam’s instruction, not for the Lord’s information. Adam was now in sin, and he needed to face it, just as billions today need to face it.

Genesis 3:15 This is is first messianic promise in the Bible, the first promise that God would send a Redeemer to overthrow the work and kingdom of Satan. It’s also a promise of the Virgin Birth since the verse says “her seed.” A woman has no seed, unless God gives her one, which He did with Mary (Mat. 1:18-20).

Genesis 3:17 So the ground is under a curse, a curse that will remain in effect until Jesus returns. Consequently, the Old Testament ends with the word “curse.” To signify this, Christ was crucified with a crown of thorns. This curse will be lifted when Jesus returns (Isa. 11:6-9; Rom. 8:18-23; Rev. 22:3).

Genesis 3:21 The coats of skins were provided by God as a replacement for the fig aprons that Adam and Eve had made for a covering. The fig aprons were unacceptable because

(1) God didn’t provide them and

(2) no blood was shed to get them. The animal skins undoubtedly came from a lamb (Rev. 13:8; Pro. 27:26).

Gods dress code

Gen 3:21 ... clothed them.

What they were wearing was not sufficient coverage.

Gen 3:7 ... sewed fig leaves ... aprons.Inherited error:Gen 4:3 ...of the ground an offering unto the LORD.Gen 4:11 ...cursed from the earth...

Fig leaf-factor: self righteousness, profession without fruit. Rom 10:3 Gen 4:3 Gen 4:4

· Cain brought the first offering. Adam and Eve made the first set of cloths.· Able offered 2nd and right. God made the 2nd set of clothing and it was right.

The only acceptable covering (atonement) is from a lamb.

Gen 4:6-7 ... If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?...

He could and should have brought more than a lamb (free-will offering) but you have to begin with the Lamb or anything else is self-righteous show.

Isa 43:22-28 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle ... sweet cane with money...but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities... Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

The point of the lamb; picture of a fulfilled promise to come

Gen 3:15 John 1:29 Heb 13:12 Heb 13:20 1Pet 1:18-19 Rev 5:6 Rev 5:8-13 Prov 27:26 Rev 13:8 ...the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Gal 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law...

Man is born under a death sentence.

Exod 13:12-13 ...And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. Job 11:12 Job 39:5 Dan 5:20-21 Jer 2:22-24 Luke 19:30 Job 39:5

Four days after Christ rides into Jerusalem upon an ass, He presents Himself as the Lamb of God as atonement for the rebel, Barabbas.

John 18:39-40 Luke 23:19 Mark 15:7

What is the curse of the law for an ass?

Gal 3:13 Exod 13:13 Deut 21:22-23 John 19:31-33

Unredeemed man:

Matt 27:5 Acts 1:18-19 Prov 29:1

Genesis 4:2 Genesis delights in presenting contrasts (Jacob and Esau, Isaac and Ishmael, fig leaves and skins, etc.). Here the contrast is between two men, representing saved and lost people. Abel, being a shepherd, pictures Christ and the righteous (John 10). Cain, being a tiller “of the ground,” pictures antichrist and the wicked who are of this world (I John 3:12).

Genesis 4:7 Some people are “accepted” while others are not. Still today there are only two kinds of people in the world: those accepted in Christ on the basis of blood sacrifice (Eph. 1:6) and those who are not accepted.

Genesis 4:21 Notice Jubal’s connection with music. Hence: jubilee.

Genesis 5:1 The phase “book of the generations” is found only twice in the Bible. The first occurrence is here where the context is the generations of Adam. As these generations are listed, the word “died” is recorded eight times because “in Adam all die” (I Cor. 15:22). The other occurrence is the “book of the

generation of Jesus Christ” in Matthew 1:1, a chapter in which no death is recorded (since Christ is life) and the word “begat” is found thirty-nine times.

Genesis 5:2 God called “their name Adam,” which explains why the wife takes the husband’s name unto this day. Many modern women like to show their rebellion by keeping their maiden name in a hyphenated form (Hillary Rodham-Clinton, etc.), failing to realize that the maiden name was also a man’s name.

Genesis 5:3 Adam begetting a son “in his own likeness, after his image” means that he begot a sinner in the image of sinful man, not in the image of God.

Gen 6:2 sons of God:Adam Luke3:38 Angels Job1:6; Job2:1; Job38:4-7 Israel Isa43:6-7; Hos1:10 Jesus Act8:37; 2Cor1:19; Gal2:20; Gal4:4 Christian John1:12; Gal4:6; 1John3:1-2

Gen 6:3 Isa 57:16 Ps 103:9 120(yrs)*50(yr of jubilee)=6,000 yrs. of man and God in conflict

Genesis 6:4 These giants were literal giants that were produced as a result of angels cohabitating with the “daughters of men.” These are the angels that “kept not their first estate”

The “also after that” (Gen. 6:4) indicates that such activity also occurred after the flood, which explains the existence of giants throughout the Old Testament (Num. 13:33; Deu. 3:11-13; Jsh. 18:16; I Sam. 17:4; II Sam. 21:16; I Chr. 20:8, etc.). Satan’s plan in all of this was to destroy the promised seed of Genesis 3:15, an effort that he continues in various ways throughout the Old Testament.

Genesis 9:6 Capital punishment for murderers is ordained of God before the Old Tesament law, during the the law (Exo. 21:12; Num. 35), and after the law (Rom. 13:1-4; Acts 25:11).

Genesis 9:15 So the polar ice caps are not going to succomb to global warming and melt over the entire planet. The next flood will be with fire, not water (II Pet. 3:10).

Gen 9:24 This could be either a homosexual act or incest Deut 27:20; Lev 18:6; Lev 18:18; Gen 10:19; Gen 19:5-13; Rom 1:24-26

Genesis 9:25-27 Dealing with the race issue, this is one of the most unpopular passages in the Bible. Clearly, one race is to expand, one is to be blessed, and one is to serve. The “all men are created equal”

bit is nonsense. One man and his wife were created unequal, and everyone else was born into all sorts of families and conditions.

Gen 10:11-12 Asshur is a son of Shem (Gen 10:22), showing that when the Hamites come in to town, the Shemites head for the suburbs.Asshur, coming from the one who was “blessed by the Lord God,” does not “buy” the scene put on in Gen 11 . He leaves and founds Nineveh,“Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.” “The same is a great city” can refer to Nineveh or to Resen (if Resen was the modern Nimrod). The chances are Nineveh includes Calah and Resen. They are suburbs, and the great city is Nineveh. (Jonah 3:3 and Nahum 1, 2, 3)

Genesis 10:19 Notice how the first mention of Sodom is in connection with the Canaanites from Ham, which should surprise no one who has read the previous chapter.

Genesis 11:3-4 Plenty is said about “us,” but nothing is said about God, a common occurrence when men decide to get together for the “common good” of man. See the United Nations charter for a fine example. When men get together, the first thing they do is kick God out.

Genesis 12:3 This is the original blessing on the Jewish people and on their friends. The blessing passes down from Abraham to Isaac (Gen. 25:11), then to Jacob (Gen. 27:29), then on to the twelve tribes and their descendants (Gen. 48:9, 16, 20; 49:25; Num. 6:23-27; Psa. 33:12, etc.).

Genesis 12:10 This is the first famine in the Bible, and it was sent to test Abraham. Like most of us, when adversity came he entered a state of panic and made a foolish choice. Abraham had just been given the land of Canaan (Genesis 12:7), yet now he leaves the promised land for the securities of Egypt, a type of the world. Naturally, when he reaches Egypt he finds even more trouble.

Genesis 14:4 The first mention of thirteen is in the context of rebellion.

Gen 14:13 Confederate 99% of the time a bad rebellion Ps 83:5; Prov 11:21; Isa 7:2; Isa 8:9; Isa 54:15; Zech 14:1-3;

Genesis 15:5 The old English “tell” means to count. Hence: a bank teller.

Genesis 15:18 So, the little piece of real estate that Israel currently possesses is only the front lawn of what she’s going to get in the future. God is very interested in land (the word occurs over 1,700 times in the Bible), and a nice chunk of it has been promised to Abraham’s descendants.

Gen 15:18-21 Caleb a Gentile Num 13:6; Josh 14:14;

Genesis 16:12 The Arab descendants of Ishmael are said to be “wild,” not reasonable. The idea of having peace talks and peace treaties with such people is ridiculous.

Genesis 17:1 The notion that “nobody’s perfect” is a fallacy. Abraham was commanded to be perfect, and there are some men in the Bible who are said to be perfect (I Kgs. 15:14; I Chr. 12:38; Job 1:1). Jesus even commanded perfection in Matthew 5:48. The word doesn’t indicate sinlessness, but rather whole-heartedness toward God.

Gen 17:8 Jews ruling the earth in Mil. and eternity Ps 24:7; Isa 9:6-7; Isa 66:22-23;

Genesis 18:19 Does the Lord “know” that about you, or is the matter questionable?

Genesis 20:3-5: This settles the age-old question about the “heathen who’ve never heard.” Like Abimelech, the heathen have heard more than you might think. Even without a prophet or a written law from God, this man knew that adultery was wrong because his conscience had told him (Rom. 2:15).

Gen 20:16 Def. of reproved: restating the truth. 'Brother' used sarcasticlly; note the ref. to a covering 1Cor 11:4-10

Genesis 22:1-2: The phrase “God did tempt Abraham” throws all the Bible critics into a panic. Immediately, they run to James 1:13 and remind us that God doesn’t tempt any man, so the verse “should” have said that God “tried” or “tested” Abraham. What they fail to point out is that the same chapter also uses the word “tried” and “trying” interchangeably with “tempt” and “temptation” (James 1:3, 12). This is further confirmed in Hebrews 11:17: “By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac . . .” So, we didn’t need a new version, only a concordance. God most certainly did tempt Abraham in the sense that He provided a situation where Satan had the opportunity to tempt the man to disobey God. If you have a problem with that, you’ll really have a problem with I Chronicles 21:1 and II Samuel 24:1.

Gen 22:24

Concubine in the Bible denotes a female conjugally united to a man, but in a relation inferior to that of a wife. Among the early Jews, from various causes, the difference between a wife and a concubine was less marked than it would be amongst us. The concubine was a wife of secondary rank. There are various laws recorded providing for their protection

Exod 21:7; Deut 21:10-14; and setting limits to the relation they sustained to the household to which they belonged They had no authority in the family, nor could they share in the household government.

Gen 21:14; Gen 25:6;

The immediate cause of concubinage might be gathered from the conjugal histories of Abraham and Jacob.

Gen 16:3; Gen 16:16 But in process of time the custom of concubinage degenerated, and laws were made to restrain and regulate it.

Exod 21:7-9Christianity has restored the sacred institution of marriage to its original character, and concubinage is ranked with the sins of fornication and adultery.

Matt 19:5-9; 1Cor 7:2

Gen 23:15 sarcasm see Phlm 1:19

Genesis 24:65: When the bride was about to meet the bridegroom, “she took a vail, and covered herself,” picturing the fact that the church of the last days needs to be clothing herself in righteousness as she prepares to meet the Lord (Rev. 3:18).

Genesis 27:29 : Just a reminder that the Abrahamic blessing didn’t stop with Abraham. Genesis 12:3 and notes.

Genesis 28:16: “. . . Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.” That’ll preach! There are Bible-believing churches all across this world that enjoy God’s presence regularly, yet the proud citizens of their local communities know it not. They’re too occupied with Laodicean religion to realize that God has written “Ichabod” across their dead churches (I Sam. 4:21) while granting spiritual growth and blessings to His faithful remnant.

Gen 29:8 The greatest feeding of sheep started when the stone was rolled away in 33AD John21:16-17 Luke22:32 Mark16:4

Genesis 35:18: Death is defined here as something that happens when a soul departs from a body and doesn’t return. “Clinical” death is not death, so we can ignore the silly books written by people who claim to have died and experienced great blessings, even though nothing is said about salvation, Jesus Christ, or the fires of hell.

Gen 37:2 Joseph 17yrs old taken to EgyptJoseph 30yrs old Reigns in Egypt Gen41:46

7yrs of plenty Gen41:47 2yrs of famine Gen45:6

Joseph 39yrs old when Jacob comes to Egypt(see Gen47:28 for Jacobs years)

Genesis 37:9-10: Here we have a splendid example of how to study the Bible. Without correcting any words, and without searching out any Hebrew words, we can search the words “sun,” “moon,” and “stars.” The last reference we find is Revelation 12:1, which is quite a mystery to many people. But it is no mystery to anyone who has read Genesis 37:9-10, which interprets the sun, moon, and stars as having reference to the nation of Israel.

Genesis 40:8: The words “Do not interpretations belong to God?” make it clear that the Bible is to be studied and understood, not interpreted. God’s word always interprets itself.

Gen 40:20 Birthdays in the BiblePharoah's Gen 40:20 Herod's Mat 14:6 Mrk 6:21 Two witnesses Rev 11:10

Gen 41:32 #Two= thing established by God, and will shortly come to passJer1:11-12

Genesis 43:34: Hence the southern usuage of the word “mess,” as in a “mess of fish” or a “mess of turnip greens.” Military men eat in a mess hall.

Gen 45:20 Don't hold on to 'old stuff' you'll need the room for 'the good of all the land' 1Cor 3:21-23 Rom 8:32 Rev 2:17

Gen 46:32 Cattle = 4legged animal that grazesGen 1:24 Gen 1:26 Gen 2:20 Gen 8:1 Gen 30:32 Gen 30:40 Gen 46:32 Gen 46:34 Gen 47:17 Exod 9:3 Exod 34:19 Lev 26:22 Num 20:4 Gen 33:17 Num 32:16 Deut 5:14 Deut 28:4

Genesis 47:6 Israel lived on the "right side of the tracks" Gen 47:11; Exod 1:11

Gen 47:28 Jacob 147yrs old Gen47:28 Jacol lived 17yrs in Egypt Gen47:28 Joseph 22yrs alone in EgyptJacob 108 when Joseph was soldJoseph 17yrs when soldJacob 91yrs when Joseph bornGen 41:46 Gen 41:47 Gen 45:6

Genesis 49:10 This is a messianic promise that states that Christ the “peaceful one” (Shiloh) has the “sceptre” (Psa. 45:6), and He comes from Judah.

Deut 23:2 Zech 9:6 Judg. 11:1 Heb 12:8 Judg 11:1-3 Heb 11:32 John 8:41-43 Gen 49:8-10 Deut 23:2 Gen 38:1-3 Gen 38:7 Gen 38:12 Jer 31:30 Deut 24:16 2Chr 25:4 Gen 38:13-15 Gen 38:27 Gen 41:32 , Deut 17:6

Gen 38:29-30 Deut 23:2 Ruth 4:18-22 18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: 1Pharez begat 2Hezron, 19 And Hezron begat 3Ram, and Ram begat 4Amminadab, 20 And Amminadab begat 5Nahshon, and Nahshon begat 6Salmon, 21 And Salmon begat 7Boaz, and Boaz begat 8Obed, 22 And Obed begat 9Jesse, and Jesse begat 10David. Lk. 3:32-33 Mat. 1:3-5

Genesis 49:11: After giving us the messianic promise of the Messiah, Moses informs us that one day Christ will have “washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes.” The pecuilar words point to the Second Coming. The companion verses are Isaiah 63:1-6, Psalm 68:23, and Revelation 19:13.

Genesis 49:33 Jacob was “gathered unto his people” long before his physical body was buried, clearly indicating that the soul of a dying person departs (Gen. 35:18) for another dwelling place while the body lies dead. Another way the Bible says this is to say that a person “slept with his fathers,” a common expression found in Kings and Chronicles. The New Testament verse is II Corinthians 5:8: “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”