Genesis of Memory

I'm going to start a written copy of my Bible; meaning the only verses I actually know, so I'll start in Genesis.  This won't take too long.  I am ashamed.

Genesis

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  And the earth was without form and void and the spirit of the LORD moved upon the face of the deep...

Hmmm.... I'm going to go check that part...

 How could I forget "darkness on the face of the deep?"  That's beautiful. 

I think it would be a nice parallel to start the New Testament with John so that it too starts with "In the Beginning."  I thought I could remember the names of the books of the New Testament with more accuracy, because there is a tune attached, but I'll have to practice that too.  They'll come back.

Back to Genesis:

I wish I knew how many chapters were in Genesis.  Chapters 1 and 2 have accounts of Creation and then maybe 3 has Cain and Abel and then by 5, the tower of Babel and the destruction of Nimrod?  And then maybe Noah has a couple of chapters?  How do I not know this?  I'll say Noah ends around chapter 10.

I'll guess that Genesis has 50 chapters total, and they include the genealogy from Adam to Joseph, with a great deal about Abraham and a little less about the next one- Isaac, and then the great stories about Jacob with the detour of Esau, and the Joseph novella which concludes the book.  I think the Joseph chapters actually consist of something that could be called a biography.

Genesis ends with the family in Egypt, which Abram had visited, but did others visit too?

 

Now I'll have to read or browse Genesis and see which parts I was right about.