The Bible’s main way of talking about God’s relationship to humanity is the image of a partnership. This video on covenants traces the way God entered into a series of formal relationships with various human partners in order to rescue the world through Jesus, the ultimate covenant partner.

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Watch our overview video on Genesis 1-11, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. In Genesis, God makes a good world and commissions humans to rule it, and then they give in to evil and ruin everything.

00:00 Overview of the book's design and structure
00:33 The creation story, God's divine purpose and human choice
1:59 The snake and the fall of man
3:10 God's promise to rescue humans
4:14 The results of the human rebellion
5:25 Noah's flood and the aftermath
6:13 The city of Babylon
6:44 Genesis 1-11 summary

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Watch our overview video on Genesis 12-50, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. In Genesis, God promises to bless rebellious humanity through the family of Abraham, despite their constant failure and folly.

00:00 Review of Genesis 1-11
00:25 God's plan and promise to Abraham
02:14 The themes of the stories of Abraham's family
02:57 The Abraham stories and God's covenant promise
04:20 The Jacob stories - God renames him Israel
05:18 The story of Jacob's sons - God subverts evil to save lives
06:33 Summary of the book of Genesis

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