Luke 24:27 (NASB)

27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He (Jesus) explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

• No doubt the walk to Emmaus took several hours. This allowed Jesus plenty of time to explain the references to Himself in Genesis and the Old Testament. Jesus is the central focus of Genesis and He appears throughout in types, Christophanies, and prophecies.
  

Jesus is referenced in the very first chapter of Genesis in verse 26, where we see Jesus’ first appearance. The plural pronouns “us” and “our” indicate that all three persons of the Trinity — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — were involved in Creation: “God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness….” (Gen. 1:26).

God promises redemption for mankind in Genesis 3:15: “He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel”, meaning that Jesus will eventually crush Satan, but Jesus will suffer in the process.

God clothes Adam and Eve in animal skins to cover their nakedness. This foreshadows the death of animals in the coming Old Testament sacrificial system, which will temporarily cover sin. That system pictures Jesus’ death, which will permanently remove the sins of those who call on Him for forgiveness.

As we pass through Genesis Chapter 4, we see God accept Abel’s blood sacrifice, another foreshadowing of Jesus’ crucifixion, and reject Cain’s grain sacrifice because it’s a product of his own labor, signifying that only Jesus’ sacrifice is acceptable and that our good works won’t pay for our sins. See Acts 4:12

Noah’s Ark is a type of Jesus, who provides a place of refuge from the holy judgment of God.

Melchizedek, whose name means “king of righteousness,” is a type of Jesus because he’s a priest (an intercessor), just as Jesus is our heavenly king and the priest who makes intercession with God on our behalf.