In order to study the Bible for what the Bible is, and for what it tells, it is well to know what portions of the Bible are occupied with each great thought. Genesis is divided as follows:
The Creation: Chapters 1 & 2.
The Fall: Chapter 3.
The Flood: Chapters 4 to 9.
The Repeopling of the Earth, and the origin of many Languages: Chapters 10 & 11:1-9.
The Patriarchal Times: Chapters 11:10-32 / Book of Job.
With the exception of a small portion to the generations of Ishmael and of Esau, all the rest of Genesis is occupied with the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph.
Abraham: Chapters 12:1 to 25:10.
Isaac: Chapters 25:19 to 28:5.
Jacob: Chapters 28:10 to 35:29.
Joseph: Chapters 37:1 to 50:26.
The rest of the Bible is divided as follows:
The Oppression and Exodus of Israel: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.
The Conquest of Canaan and the settling of the Tribes in it: Joshua, 1 Chronicles 1 to 9.
The Dwelling of the People in the Land: Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel 1 to 7.
The Story of the Kingdom: 1 Samuel 8:1 to the end of 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1 to 11; 1 Chronicles 10 to end; 2 Chronicles 1 to 9.
The Story of the Divided Kingdom: 1 Kings 12 to end; 2 Chronicles 10 to end; Joel, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and Habakkuk.
The Story of the Captivity: Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel.
The Story of the Returning from Captivity, and Re-establishment in the Kind: Ezra, Haggai, Zechariah, Esther, and Nehemiah.
The Succession of Empires from the Time of Daniel to the End of the World: Daniel.
The Coming of the Messiah and His Rejection: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
The Rebuilding and Organizing of the Church of God: Acts, and the Epistles.
The Course of the Church to the End, and to Her Glorious Triumph in Eternal Glory: Revelation.
Please study this outline, verifying it by the Scriptures, and you will know more about what is in the Bible; and will be better prepared to begin the study of the Bible.--Medical Missionary, March 25, 1908.