Old Testament Reading Plan

Introduction

This page will be progressively added to until it is complete. The intention is to provide a reading plan that will provide the reader with a good idea of the contents of the Old Testament, by selecting passages from all parts to give a good continuous narrative of God's dealing with His own chosen nation.

There will be a minimum of comment, certainly the reader should regard the text as speaking for itself. Choose the version that suits you best, whether a traditional translation or a modern one. I prefer the New International Version myself, but the New King James Version is a good compromise between traditional language and greater accuracy through all the research that has gone on since 1611 (the date of the orinigal KJV). Where I need to give quotations I will use the NKJV or the NIV.

Each Passage will be given a title. and ideally each passage should be read at a sitting.

    Genesis

  1. The First Account of Creation

    2. Genesis 1:1 - 2:4a (ends at ... This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created)
    Note: Genesis has several original documents combined into one narrative, a fact not always noted by translators, each ending with a retrospective title in the formula 'this is the history of ...' You will see that the passages set here all end with a similar phrase.
  2. Adam's story

    3. Genesis 2:4b (from 'In the day that the Lord made the earth and the heavens') - Genesis 5:1a (to 'This is the book of the genealogy of Adam')
  3. Noah's Story

    4. Genesis 6:1 - 10:1
  4. Abraham: a new land

    5. Genesis 12:1 - 15:20
  5. Abraham: a favoured son

    6. Genesis 16:1-21; 21:1-7; 22:1-19; 25;7-11
  6. Isaac's Story: the rival twins

    7. Genesis 25:19-34; 27:1 - 28:5
  7. Jacob's Story

    8. Genesis 28:10 - 35:29
  8. Joseph's Story

    9. Genesis 37:2b - 50:26
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