n3inTrilogy Genesis Study for TMFBSG – Introduction The book commonly called Genesis takes its English title from the Greek tradition, emphasizing “ origins ”—the beginnings of the world, the human family, the entry of sin, and the emergence of the covenant people. In Hebrew usage, the book is identified by its opening phrase, “ In the Beginning ,” highlighting that Genesis functions as a foundational starting point for Israel’s story and for a biblical view of reality. Across Israel’s Old Testament life, Genesis would have served as a faith-strengthening public memory—heard in worship and instruction at major gatherings in Jerusalem and through Levites who brought teaching into towns and villages. In David’s era, listeners could celebrate that Abraham’s land promise was substantially realized (Genesis 15:18). In exile, the same promise offered long-range hope (Genesis...

Genesis 6 (KJV) with parallels Genesis 6:1 — “And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,” Parallels: Genesis 1:28; Genesis 4:1; Genesis 5:32 Genesis 6:2 — “That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.” Parallels: Job 1:6; Job 2:1; Deuteronomy 7:3 Genesis 6:3 — “And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.” Parallels: Isaiah 57:16; Numbers 14:33–34; 1 Peter 3:20 Genesis 6:4 — “There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.” Parallels: Numbers 13:33; Deuteronomy 2:10–11; Joshua 11:21–22 Genesis 6:5 — “And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every i...