---
title: "The Preface"
description: "Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look back over the first eleven chapters of Genesis and work to understand their significance to the greater narrative of the scriptures."
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/7
published: 2016-11-03
---

# The Preface

Summary of Genesis 1–11

- Published: 2016-11-03T08:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `7`
- Episode number: 7
- Session: 1
- People: Marty Solomon, Brent Billings

## Description

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look back over the first eleven chapters of Genesis and work to understand their significance to the greater narrative of the scriptures.

## Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look back over the first eleven chapters of Genesis and work to understand their significance to the greater narrative of the scriptures. Presentation for The Preface (PDF) Study Tools Discussion Video for BEMA 7 The Companion for BEMA 7 Take Your Own Notes Transcript for BEMA 7 Legacy Episode Content Episode updated 17 February 2025 Original audio from 3 November 2016 Transcript for BEMA 7 of 3 November 2016

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/7)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/7)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/7)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/491eb18d-0b1d-4ac3-a0d0-9e222d2c0816.mp3)
- [Official transcript source](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTZJP25yNSVtg8mDS8scB6UnsAL6q_I1KHigYjs2mXrB1AytXjKqES94oWTfmHAO0mi4-tNb14Ml1Fv/pub)
- [Transcript JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/transcripts/7)