Genesis, the first book of the Pentateuch, narrates for Israel the story of people who walked with God (Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph) to encourage their descendants to break away from their resistant and recurring hardness of heart. The foundation stories of Genesis set the stage for understanding the Gospel in many ways.
- The Creator is the King over all his creation.
- Sin entered the world and took away human freedom.
- God reveals the depth of his love and grace, despite humanity's continual disobedience.
- God called frail and profoundly flawed human beings to represent him: Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph.
- These giants of faith learned to love God more than the goods of this life.
- The riches of God's grace render people without excuse.
- The Lord of the universe committed himself by oath to one man, Abraham.
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