1. Michelango Raphael Dürer Tizian Caravaggio Rembrandt Ghiberti Velázquez Genesis – According to the Great Masters Genesis – According to the Great Masters

2. Raphael, God separates light from darkness 1518-19 Vatican Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Day 1 (1:3-5) Separated Light from Darkness Day 2 (6-8) Firmament Day 3 (9-13) Dry land Vegetation Day 4 (14-19) Lights (sun, moon, stars) Day 5 (20-23) Creatures to inhabit sky and seas Day 6 (24-30) Creatures to inhabit dry land Humans

3. Raphael, God separates land from waters Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Day 1 (1:3-5) Light Day 2 (6-8) Firmament Day 3 (9-13) Dry land Vegetation Day 4 (14-19) Lights (sun, moon, stars) Day 5 (20-23) Creatures to inhabit sky and seas Day 6 (24-30) Creatures to inhabit dry land Humans

4. Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Day 1 (1:3-5) Light Day 2 (6-8) Firmament Day 3 (9-13) Dry land Vegetation Day 4 (14-19) Lights (sun, moon, stars) Day 5 (20-23) Creatures to inhabit sky and seas Day 6 (24-30) Creatures to inhabit dry land Humans

5. Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam”, Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo shows God creating Adam, with Eve in His arm. Creation of Adam, GIOTTO di Bondone 1304-06 Fresco Day 1 (1:3-5) Light Day 2 (6-8) Firmament Day 3 (9-13) Dry land Vegetation Day 4 (14-19) Lights (sun, moon, stars) Day 5 (20-23) Creatures to inhabit sky and seas Day 6 (24-30) Creatures to inhabit dry land Humans

6. “ The Creation of Eve” in 'Zürich Bible' and based on the sketches of Hans Holbein , the Younger (1497/98-1543), Michelangelo’s “Creation of Eve”, Sistine Chapel. Creation of Eve Andrea Pisano , Creation of Eve, 1336-43

7. Interior of the Sistine Chapel 1475-83, 1508-12, 1535-41

8. Sistine Chapel Drunkenness of Noah Flood Sacrifice of Noah Fall and Expulsion Creation of Eve Creation of Adam Separation Earth& Water Creation, Sun, Moon Separation, Light from Dark

9. Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden Jan Bruegel the Elder , 1615 Garden of Eden

10. Hieronymus Bosch – The Garden of Earthly Delights Garden of Eden Garden of Earthly Delights Hell

11. Albrecht Durer , Adam and Eve, 1507 Rubens , Adam & Eve Adam & Eve

12. Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden Jan Bruegel the Elder , 1615 The Fall Original Sin The Fall Michelangelo’s “Fall and Expulsion”, Sistine Chapel.

13. “ The Fall of Man" by Lucas Cranach , a 16th century German William Blake , Adam , Eve, & the Fall (1808) The Fall

14. Domenichino's (1623–1625). portrayal of Genesis 3:12: "The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat" The Blame

15. Masaccio, Expulsion from the Garden of Eden , before and after restoration. Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence Charles J. Natoire, Expulsion from Paradise , 1740 Expulsion

16. The Offerings of Cain and Abel , Rembrandt van Rijn Gustave Doré, Cain and Abel

17. Cain and Abel — Titian Cain kills Abel, Albrecht Durer 1511 Cain kills Abel Tintoretto, Cain and Abel, 1550-53

18. Cain and Abel , Marc Chagall , 1960 Cain kills Abel

19. The Death of Adam , by Piero della Francesce (1452-1466)

20. BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder, The Tower of Babel, 1563

21. Gustave Dore, Abraham Entertains Three Strangers Rembrandt van Rijn Abraham Entertaining the Angels , 1656

22. Jan PROVOST, Abraham, Sarah, and the Angel -

23. GUERCINO Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael, 1657

24. Rembrandt Van Rijn, Abraham's Sacrifice, 1635 Caravaggio , Abraham's Sacrifice

25. Baptistery North Door Competition Brunelleschi Versus Ghiberti Sacrifice of Isaac , 1401-3

26. Claude Lorrain: Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca

27. Giotto: The Benediction of Isaac Giotto: Isaac Rejection Esau

28. FLINCK, Govert Teunisz. Isaac Blessing Jacob, 1639

29. FERRI, Ciro The Reconciliation of Jacob and Laban POST, Pieter Jansz Italianate Landscape with the Parting of Jacob and Laban, 1630

30. Doré, Gustave: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel DELACROIX, Eugène Jacob Wrestling with the Angel 1854-61

31. Diego Velásquez, Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob

32. PONTORMO Joseph sold to Potiphar about 1515

33. CIGOLI Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, 1610

34. Pharaoh with his Butler and Baker about 1515 PONTORMO Joseph when in prison had interpreted the dreams of the Pharaoh's butler and baker. Here the baker is taken from prison (top right) and led to execution (right), while the butler is shown descending the staircase and serving the Pharaoh (bottom left).

35. Pontormo and Bacchiacca, Joseph's Brothers beg for Help One of the panels decorating the Borgherini bedroom in Florence

36. BACCHIACCA, Joseph pardons his Brothers One of the panels decorating the Borgherini bedroom in Florence

37. Jacopo PONTORMO 1494-1557 Joseph with Jacob in Egypt , 1515-18

38. He would be of the tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:10) The earliest Christians read the Old Testament (and specifically Genesis) as foreshadowing and heralding the coming of Jesus Christ. Genesis – Foreshadowing the Messiah Promise of New Beginning I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel." (Genesis 3:15) That first sacrifice (Genesis 4:4) foreshadowed the death of Jesus Christ for our sins.

39. The New Beginning