The First Book of Moses, which we call Genesis, is a record of God's Great Covenant with the chosen Patriarchs of the Covenant from Adam, Abel, Seth, Enoch and Noah to Melchizedek, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. When one comes to understand that Moses' first book was such a record of the great and noble Patriarchs of the Covenant of God and their obtaining the blessings of that Covenant which revolves around God's promised Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ the great Jehovah, then one can begin to really appreciate the book of Genesis of the Old Testament.

Despite how the Jewish Torah begins with the record of the creation, be have come to understand that it did not begin with the creation of the earth. In the revealed book of Moses as given to the world by the Prophet Joseph Smith, we come to understand that before the creation of this earth was the preexistance and the preexistent councils of God where Jehovah, the first born in the spirit of the Father, was selected by God the Father to be the Savior and Redeemer of the world. This is also taught by Abraham in the Book of Abraham also provided by the divine and inspired translation of Joseph Smith of the writings of Father Abraham.

Further, we have from the inspired translation of the Bible by the Prophet Joseph Smith, additional verses of scripture lost from the pages of the Bible's book of Genesis. These are verses which clarify and explain much about the patriarchal order of the covenant of God. They include additional insightful verses in respect to the blessing of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh recorded in the 48th chapter of Genesis. They also included a number of the promises and prophecies concerning the house of Joseph as recorded in the 50th chapter of Genesis. With these additional insightful verses, it is clear that Joseph obtained the blessings of the covenant of the patriarchal fathers and that those blessings where bestowed upon the head of Ephraim as the firstborn son of the covenant in Israel with Ephraim taking upon himself the name of Israel.

1	In the beginning	18	Abraham pleads for Sodom	35	Jacob moves; Rachel & Isaac die
2	Before sin	19	Sodom; dialogue and destruction	36	Family of Esau; Edom
3	Sin enters	20	Abraham and Abimelech	37	Joseph's dreams and slavery
4	Cain kills Abel	21	Ishmael sent away	38	Judah, marriage problems
5	Genealogy - Enoch	22	Abraham to sacrifice Isaac	39	Joseph accused; goes to prison
6	Flood coming – limit of grace	23	Sarah's death; land purchase	40	Dreams of prisoners
7	Ark entered; flood; death	24	Rebecca found for Isaac	41	Pharaoh's dream
8	Noah exits; creation-covenant	25	Keturah; death of Ab.; Esau	42	To Egypt for grain; called spies
9	Multiply; Noah drunk, uncovered	26	Isaac, deception; Philistines	43	Benjamin comes too
10	Descendants of Noah	27	Jacob blessed, Esau angry	44	Cup found; intercession
11	The tower	28	Jacob departs; promise at Bethel	45	Joseph tells who he is
12	Abraham called	29	Jacob loves Rachel; gets Leah	46	Jacob moves to Egypt
13	Arrival in Canaan; Lot's choice	30	Children; plan with Laban	47	In Goshen, Famine survival
14	Lot rescued; Melchizedek	31	Jacob flees and Laban follows	48	Jacob and Joseph's sons
15	Covenant	32	Jacob perseveres in trouble	49	Jacob's prophecy about sons
16	Two wives; Hagar and Ishmael	33	Jacob meets Esau; Canaan	50	Joseph, Patriarch of Israel dies
17	Sarai and Hagar; covenant	34	Diana; brothers deceive and kill	50	JST Promises of Lord to Joseph

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