New Testament quotes, references and allusions to Genesis as history

Brian Kuehmichel
April 13, 2026



"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15

"For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." Romans 15:4

"Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come." 1 Corinthians 10:11

This list shows New Testament references from Genesis by allusion to [A: ] or by quotation [Q: ]. Sixty-seven entries reference Genesis chapters 1–11 [Numbered within parentheses (1)...(67)].
New Testament quotes, references and allusions to Genesis as history
No.
Genesis verse(s) cited or referenced
NT quoted or alluded to Genesis
Text notes or quotes
Q: Genesis 21:3-4; 25:26; 35:23; 46:12 [Ruth 4:19]
Matthew 1:1–3
Ancestors of Jesus
A: Genesis 29:31
Matthew 2:18
Rachel weeping for children
A: Genesis 12:1-3; 22:1-10, 12-13; 25:26-27; 27:6; 35:23-27; 36:1-43; 46:5-26; 49:1-28; 50:24-26 [Ge 25:1-16]
Matthew 3:8–9
Abraham’s children
A: Genesis 13:12-13
Matthew 10:15
Sodom and Gomorrah
A: Genesis 13:12-13; 18:20; 19:24-25
Matthew 11:23–24
Sodom
Q: Genesis 1:27
() Matthew 19:4
"[M]ade them male and female"
Q: Genesis 2:24
() Matthew 19:5
"[T]hey twain shall be one flesh"
A: Genesis 1:26-27
() Matthew 22:21
Man made in the image of God
A: Genesis 32:29; 50:24 [Exodus 3:15]
Matthew 22:31–32
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
A: Genesis 4:8-10
() Matthew 23:35
Righteous Abel
A: Genesis 10:1-32
() Matthew 24:9, 14
"[A]ll nations"
A: Genesis 6:1-22; 7:1, 6
() Matthew 24:37–39
The days of Noah
A: Genesis 10:1-32
() Matthew 25:32
"[A]ll nations"
A: Genesis 4:8; 27:40 [Amos 1:11; Obadiah 1:1-14]
() Matthew 26:52
Those who draw the sword will die by the sword
A: Genesis 10:1-32
() Matthew 28:19
"[A]ll nations"
Q: Genesis 1:27
A: Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7-8, 15, 18, 20-24
() Mark 10:6
"[M]ade them male and female"
Q: Genesis 2:24
() Mark 10:7-8
"For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh"
A: Genesis 1:26-27
() Mark 12:17
Man in the image of God
A: Genesis 32:29; 35:9-11; 50:24 [Exodus 3:15]
Mark 12:26
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Q: Genesis 2:4
A: Genesis 1:1-31
() Mark 13:19
God created the world
A: Genesis 30:1-2, 22-24; 35:24; 46:19
Luke 1:25
Elizabeth’s reproach was taken away like Rachel’s was removed
A: Genesis 30:13
Luke 1:48
Mary will be called blessed like Leah
A: Genesis 12:1-3; 25:26; 35:22-36; 46:8-26
Luke 1:55
Abraham and his descendents
A: Genesis 12:1-3; 22:17; 26:3, 24
Luke 1:73
God’s oath to Abraham
A: Genesis 12:1-3; 22:1-10, 12-13; 25:26-27; 27:6; 35:23-27; 36:1-43; 46:5-26; 49:1-28; 50:24-26 [Ge 25:1-16]
Luke 3:8
Abraham’s children
A: Gen 5:1-32; 11:10-29; 12:1-3; 25:26; 35:22-36; 46:8-26 [Ruth 4:19; 2Sam 7:12-13]
() Luke 3:29–37
Jesus is descendent of Adam
A: Genesis 13:13; 18:20; 19:24-25
Luke 10:12
Sodom
A: Genesis 3:15
() Luke 10:19
Treading on serpents
A: Genesis 4:8-10
() Luke 11:51
Abel the first slain prophet
A: Genesis 12:1-3; 25:26; 30:20-2; 35:22-36; 46:8-26
Luke 13:16
Daughter of Abraham
A: Genesis 12:1-3; 18:3-5, 17-33 [2Chr 20:7; Isa 41:8]
Luke 16:22–31
Abraham was God's friend
A: Genesis 6:1-22; 7:1, 6
() Luke 17:26–27
The days of Noah
A: Genesis 12:4; 13:10-13; 14:12; 18:20; 19:1-30
Luke 17:28–29
The days of Lot
A: Genesis 19:26
Luke 17:32
Lot’s wife
A: Genesis 1:27
() Luke 20:25
Man in the image of God
A: Genesis 17:1-3; 26:2-4; 28:13; 32:29; 35:11-13, 42; 50:24 [Exodus 3:15]
Luke 20:37
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Q: Genesis 1:1; 2:4
A: Genesis 1:1-31
() John 1:1–3
God pre-existed and created
Q: Genesis 28:12
John 1:51
Jacob’s ladder dream with "the angels of God ascending and descending"
A: Genesis 33:17-20; 48:22
John 4:5–6, 11–12
Jacob’s well by Sychar
A: Genesis 17:10-27; 21:4; 34:15-17
John 7:22
Circumcision came from the patriarchs
A: Genesis 12:1-3; 25:26; 35:22-36; 46:8-26
John 8:33
Jews are Abraham’s descendents
A: Genesis 12:1-3; 22:1-10, 12-13; 25:26-27; 27:6; 35:23-27; 36:1-43; 46:5-26; 49:1-28; 50:24-26 [Ge 25:1-16]
J 8:39
Abraham’s children
A: Genesis 3:1-5, 13-19
() John 8:44
The devil was a murderer and is a liar
A: Genesis 11:27-31; 12:1-3; 15:13; 17:10-27; 21:4; 34:15-17, 37:28; 41:40-57; 42:1-2; 45:1, 17-28, chapters 12 - 50
() Acts 7:2–14
History of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph
Q: Genesis 1:1, 31
A: Genesis 1:1-31; 2:4-5
() Acts 14:15
God "made heaven, and earth" and "every thing that he had made" in them
A: Genesis 9:3-4
() Acts 15:20, 29
Noahic covenant covered all humanity: "the blood thereof, shall ye not eat"
Q: Genesis 1:1; 2:4
A: Genesis 1:1-31
() Acts 17:24
"God created the heaven and the earth" and everything in it
A: Genesis 2:21-24; 3:20; 4:1; 5:1-4; 10:1-32
() Acts 17:26
All nations descended from "one blood," one human man and woman
A: Genesis 1:1-31; 2:4
() Romans 1:19–20
God’s power is revealed through creation
A: Genesis 15:6
Romans 4:1–25
Abraham was justified by faith in God's Word
A: Genesis 21:1-2
Romans 4:19
Abraham "considered not his own body now dead"
A: Genesis 2:16-17; 3:6, 13-19; 5:5
() Romans 5:12–21
Death came because of Adam’s sin
A: Genesis 1:26-27; 2:16-17; 3:6, 17-19;
() Romans 8:20–23
The entire creation was cursed
A: Genesis 12:1-3; 17:19; 27:26-29; 28:13-15
Romans 9:7–13
God chose Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
A: Genesis 24:67; 25:20
Romans 9:10
Rebecca married to Isaac
A: Genesis 25:21-23
Romans 9:11-13
God's election of Jacob over Esau in the womb
A: Genesis 17:10-27; 21:4; 34:15-17 [Deuteronomy 10:16; 30:6; Jeremiah 4:4]
Romans 15:8
Christ fulfills promises made to patriarchs
Q: Genesis 3:15
() Romans 16:20
Believers "bruise Satan under your feet" ["her seed; it shall bruise thy head" John 8:44; Galatians 3:16, 26-29; Revelation 20:20]
Q: Genesis 2:24
() 1 Corinthians 6:16
"[T]hey twain shall be one flesh"
A: Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7-8, 15, 18, 20-24
() 1 Corinthians 11:7–8
Man made in the image of God, with woman created after and for man
A: Genesis 2:16-17; 3:6, 13-19; 5:5
() 1 Corinthians 15:21–22
Death came to all humanity through Adam
A: Genesis 1:11-12
() 1 Corinthians 15:38
Each kind of seed has its own body
Q: Genesis 2:7 [John 5:21; Romans 8:2; 1 Peter 3:18]
() 1 Corinthians 15:45
"[M]an became a living soul" "the last Adam was made a quickening spirit"
Q: Genesis 2:7
() 1 Corinthians 15:47
The first man, God "formed man of the dust of the ground"
Q: Genesis 1:2-3
() 2 Corinthians 4:6
"[D]arkness was upon the face of the deep" "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."
Q: Genesis 3:13
A: Genesis 2:16-17; 3:1-6, 13-16
() 2 Corinthians 11:3
Eve was deceived, "The serpent beguiled me"
Q: Genesis 15:6
Galatians 3:6
Abraham "believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness"
A: Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18
Galatians 3:8
"[P]reached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed"
A: Genesis 12:3, 7; 13:15; 24:7
Galatians 3:16
"[T]o Abraham and his [singular] seed were the promises made"
A: Genesis 3:15 [Isaiah 7:14]
() Galatians 4:4
The singular seed of the woman "her seed shall bruise thy head" Isaiah 7:14
A: Genesis 16:1-16; 17:3-8, 15-21; 18:10-14; 21:1-4, 8-13
Galatians 4:22–30
Allegory of Abraham’s two sons
Q: Genesis 1:1; 2:4
A: Genesis 1:1-31
() Ephesians 3:9
"[T]he Lord God made the earth and the heavens"
Q: Genesis 2:24
() Ephesians 5:31
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."
Q: Genesis 1:1; 2:4 A: Genesis 1:1-31 [John 1:1–3]
() Colossians 1:16
All things were created by the Son
A: Genesis 1:26-27
() Colossians 3:10
Image of the Creator in man
Q: Genesis 1:27,
A: Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7-8, 15, 18, 20-24
() 1 Timothy 2:13*
Man created first, then Eve
Q: Genesis 3:13
A: Genesis 2:16-17; 3:1-6, 13-16
() 1 Timothy 2:14
Eve was deceived, "The serpent beguiled me"
A: Genesis 1:1-31; 9:1-4
() 1 Timothy 4:3–5
God created everything good and to be received with thanksgiving
Q: Genesis 1:1; 2:4
A: Genesis 1:1-31
() Hebrews 1:10
God created heaven and earth
Q: Genesis 2:2 [Psalm 95:11]
() Hebrews 4:3–4
"And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made."
A: Genesis 2:2
() Hebrews 4:10
God ended his work which he had made; and he rested
A: Genesis 14:17-20 [Q: Psalm 110:4; Exodus 28:1-3]
Hebrews 5:1–10
Christ made a priest-king after the order of Melchizedek
Q: Genesis 22:16-17
A: Genesis 12:1-3
Hebrews 6:13–14
"By myself have I sworn" "That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed"
A: Genesis 14:17-20 [Q: Psalm 110:4; Exodus 28:1-3]
Hebrews 6:20–7:17
Christ made a priest-king after the order of Melchizedek
Q: Genesis 1:1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31 [Psalm 33:8-9]
A: Genesis 1:1-31; 2:4-5
() Hebrews 11:3
The universe was formed by God’s command, "And God said"
A: Genesis 4:4
() Hebrews 11:4
"[T]he Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering"
A: Genesis 5:21-24
() Hebrews 11:5
Enoch was taken away
A: Genesis 1:1; 15:4-7
() Hebrews 11:6
Without faith it is impossible to please God
A: Genesis 6:13-22; 7:1-7
() Hebrews 11:7
Noah by faith in God built and entered ark
A: Genesis 12:1-3; 13:15-17; 15:7; 17:8; 21:5, 23; 23:4; 24:7; 25:7, 20, 24-26
Hebrews 11:8–10, 12
Abraham "sojourned in the land of promise" "dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob"
A: Genesis 21:1
Hebrews 11:11
"Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed"
A: Genesis 22:1-10, 12-13
Hebrews 11:17–19
Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac
A: Genesis 27:1-40; 27:1-40
Hebrews 11:20
"By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come."
A: Genesis 48:1-22
Hebrews 11:21
"By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff."
A: Genesis 47:1-40
Hebrews 11:22
"By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones."
A: Genesis 25:29-34; 27:30-40
Hebrews 12:16–17
Godless Esau's choice
A: Genesis 4:8-10
() Hebrews 12:24
Shed blood of Abel
A: Genesis 22:1-12; 15:6; 12:1-3; 18:3-5, 17-33 [2Chr 20:7; Isa 41:8]
James 2:21–23
Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac, belief in God, and God's friend
A: Genesis 18:12; 21:1-2
1 Peter 3:6
Sarah submitted to Abraham
Q: Genesis 7:7
A: Genesis 6:5-7, 13, 17; 7:7-10
() 1 Peter 3:20
Eight people saved in the ark
A: Genesis 6:5-7, 13, 17; 7:7-10 [fowls, birds of the air, Genesis 1:7 + Matthew 13:31-32, 24-43 + Mark 4:3-20, 31-32 + Luke 13:18-21; Rev 12:10]
() 2 Peter 2:4–5
God punished disobedient angels, and saved Noah
A: Genesis 13:13; 18:20; 19:24-25, 15-23
2 Peter 2:6–8
Lot saved, Sodom and Gomorrah was punished
A: Genesis 1:1-2, 6-10; 7:7-10
() 2 Peter 3:5–6
Earth formed out of water, and destroyed by water
A: Genesis 4:8-10
() 1 John 3:11–12
Cain killed Abel denying love for him
see above 2 Peter 2:4–5 [Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7]
() Jude 6
Disobedient angels punished (reference to "sons of God"?)
A: Genesis 13:13; 18:20; 19:5-7, 24-25
Jude 7
Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, giving themselves to fornication, going after strange flesh, and suffering the vengeance of eternal fire
A: Genesis 4:5-10
() Jude 11
The way of Cain [his attitude, anger, behavior]
A: Genesis 5:5-18
() Jude 14
Enoch the seventh generation [Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch]
A: Genesis 9:9-16
() Revelation 4:3
Rainbow [as covenant emblem] surrounding the throne in Heaven
A: Genesis 49:9-10
Revelation 5:5
The Lion of the tribe of Judah
A: Genesis 1:1-31; 2:4 [Hebrews 1:3]
() Revelation 6:12–14
Cosmic upheaveal of creation with earth, sun, moon, and stars involved
Q: Genesis 2:4; 1:9-10
A: Genesis 1:1-31
() Revelation 10:6
God "who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein"
A: Genesis 3:1-5, 14-15 [Isaiah 14:12; Ezekiel 28:14-15, 17; Romans 16:20; Hebrews 2:14; Revelation 12:4-9]
() Revelation 20:2
The devil is the ancient serpent ["nachash" a shining standable creature]
A: Genesis 4:17 [Psalm 122:2-4; Hebrews 11:8-10]
() Revelation 21:1-27
New Jerusalem — the new Edenic city
A: Genesis 2:9-10, 15-17
() Revelation 22:1–6
River of water of life, and tree of life
 * See Contemplations on 1 Timothy 2:11-15

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