How much time is covered by the first 11 chapters of Genesis?
The first 11 chapters of Genesis cover the first 2,000 years of human history, compressed into just 11 chapters. That period ends before Genesis chapter 12, where the Abrahamic covenant is given at 2,000 B.C. to bring about the nation of Israel.
Les teaches that all the first 11 chapters of Genesis cover the first 2,000 years of human history, and that this vast span is covered in just 11 chapters. He then moves to Genesis chapter 12, where the Abrahamic covenant is given. Les explains that nothing in all the Old Testament is more important than this covenant God made with Abram at 2,000 B.C. to bring about the nation of Israel. Israel, according to all the promises of God, was to be a nation God would prepare and use. Genesis 12 opens with the LORD telling Abram to get out of his country, kindred, and father's house unto a land God would show him.