1. Genesis 13
Foundation Book of the Bible
Mike Mazzalongo

2. God Activates Free Will
Review
God Activates Free Will
This demonstrates:
His superiority over animals
Perception of God
Freedom to choose

3. God Instructs Man Re/creation
Review
God Activates Free Will
God Instructs Man Re/creation

4. God Prepares Man for Woman
Review
God Activates Free Will
God Instructs Man Re/creation
God Prepares Man for Woman

5. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
Gen. 2:21-22

6. Sleep – Prefigurement of death & resurrection
Creation of Woman
Sleep – Prefigurement of death & resurrection

7. Rib – Bone + Flesh + Blood
Creation of Woman
Sleep – Prefigurement of death & resurrection
Rib – Bone + Flesh + Blood

8. Woman = Likeness of God Creation of Woman
Sleep – Prefigurement of death & resurrection
Rib – Bone + Flesh + Blood
Woman = Likeness of God

9. One Woman + One Man Creation of Woman
Sleep – Prefigurement of death & resurrection
Rib – Bone + Flesh + Blood
Woman = Likeness of God
One Woman + One Man

10. 23 The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.”
- Genesis 2:23

11. For this reason a man shall leave his
father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
- Genesis 2:24

12. The basic family = man, woman, child…
The Family
The basic family = man, woman, child…

13. New families grow out of existing ones.
The Family
The basic family = man, woman, child…
New families grow out of existing ones.

14. Successful marriages have:
The Family
The basic family = man, woman, child…
New families grow out of existing ones.
Successful marriages have:
Intimacy
Exclusivity
Longevity

15. And the man and his wife were both
naked and were not ashamed Genesis 2:25

16. Pattern for Marriage in Genesis

17. Pattern for Marriage in Genesis
Knowledge – man recognizes woman as one like himself.
Today – Dating, engagement.

18. Pattern for Marriage in Genesis
Knowledge
Covenant – Man acknowledges her before a witness.
Today – Legal Marriage Ceremony

19. Pattern for Marriage in Genesis
Knowledge
Covenant
Confirmation – They confirm their unity through sexual intimacy.
Today – Live together, intimacy

20. They were not Ashamed = No Sin