The first Bible story sets up all that is to come. If you miss the set-ups, then you'll miss the pay-offs. Once you start to spot motives and character types, then you can look for pay-offs made through-out the Bible books. You can start to see how the entire story fits together, telling the the world's history over a 7000 year time frame. And you can begin to see where you and I are in the story today, as world history steps into the Bible's final prophetic unfolding chapters.