GENESIS

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THE FIRST ELEVEN CHAPTERS OF GENESIS, THE FIRST BOOK OF THE PENTATEUCH, COVERS GLOBAL EVENTS - THE CREATION, THE FLOOD AND THE ORIGIN OF PEOPLES. BUT HOW ARE WE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 'GENESIS' IS ALL ABOUT?

In this book the beginnings of the history of the Jewish people begins officially with Abram in Chapter 12. God calls Abram away from his home country to journey to a new land, and Abram is a powerful man so this is seemingly a great sacrifice of his life. But God rewards his faith with several promises, chief of which is the future land and nation of Israel.