The God Of Genesis Biblical And Destruction Of Humankind

The book of Genesis explains the creation and destruction of humankind, whilst establishing Abraham as the primary patriarch. Exodus focuses on Moses as he guides the Hebrews out of Egypt and the rules the Hebrews must obey in order to thrive in Israel. The scriptures in Deuteronomy continue the description of the commandments. But, the book of Joshua deviates away from the focus of the previous chapters. Instead of the chain of power moving from the prophets and onto their sons, Joshua, Moses’ servant, becomes the new prophet. A family god focuses their attention onto the immediate bloodline, like in the case of Abraham’s lineage, as opposed to an overall population. The god of Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy and Joshua does not solely communicate with, and hand down power and knowledge to, the lineal descendants of a particular person, but to all of the Hebrews. The first instance of God communicating with a person who is not a bloodline descendent of Abraham takes places in Genesis. 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