We come to our first tour overview. So far, we’ve seen Yahweh working with the first man and woman, then communicating globally with all their descendants. In just the first eleven chapters of Genesis, Yahweh records about 2000 years of history starting at Creation. We’ve seen how mankind collectively keeps rebelling against their Creator-God.

Since mankind as a whole is not listening to Him, Yahweh shifts His plan for humanity by focusing on one man, Abram (later renamed Abraham). Through Abram and his descendants, God works out His plan for all of mankind. To show He is serious, Yahweh makes an unconditional covenant with Abram to provide him with physical land in the Middle East, many descendants, and that through him, Yahweh will provide a worldwide blessing.

And so, the rest of Genesis (up to Reading 23) now focuses on Abraham’s family. We will see how God works with Abram, then his son Isaac, then his son Jacob and down through the generations. Though Abram’s family will fail God in many ways, yet we will see how Yahweh patiently and graciously keeps on working with them to ensure His global plan moves forward.