Jesus and Genesis

During His ministry, Jesus quoted the book of Genesis and made mention of its content numerous times. With regard to elements of early human history contained in chapters 1 through 11:9, Jesus referred to details found in six of those chapters.

He mentioned the creation of the first man and woman (Matthew 19:4/Genesis 1:27; 5:2), the Sabbath (Mark 2:27/Genesis 2:1–3), the marriage of Adam and Eve (Matthew 19:5/Genesis 2:24), the murder of Abel (Matthew 23:35/Genesis 4:8), the existence of Noah (Matthew 24:37/Genesis 5:28–29), marriage before the Flood (Matthew 24:38/Genesis 6:2), the Flood and human destruction (Matthew 24:39/Genesis 6:17; 7:1–24).