Is there an obvious genealogical structure to the book of Genesis?
“This is the history [‘These are the generations,’ KJV] of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens” (Genesis 2:4). “This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God” (Genesis 5:1). “This is the genealogy of Noah” (Genesis 6:9; compare 10:1; 11:10, 27; 25:12, 19; 36:1, 9; 37:2). Here we have the literary structure of Genesis in briefest outline. It is made up of 11 “books” or “genealogies.” Genesis tells of the beginning of all things, how the population of the earth grew and how God began to work through one man’s family, that of the patriarch Abraham. The Genesis story is told through the framework of family histories. Genesis is the beginning of the knowledge of God. It has been preserved down through the ages for our benefit. It begins the precious knowledge of God’s great purpose that we can learn from no other source. Genesis doesn’t contain all knowl
