Javascript Promises Conundrum

gistfile1.txt

const getResolvedPromise = () => Promise.resolve('resolved');
const getRejectPromise = () => Promise.reject('rejected');

getResolvedPromise()
//getRejectPromise()
  .then(res => {
    console.log('in the 1st then');
    //return getResolvedPromise();
    return getRejectPromise();
  }, error => {
    console.log(`error 1 ${error}`);
    throw error;
  })
  .then(() => {
    console.log('in the 2nd then');
    //return getResolvedPromise();
    return getRejectPromise();
  }, error => { 
    console.log(`error 2 ${error}`);
  })
  .then(() => {
     console.log('in the 3rd then');
     //return getRejectPromise();
     return getResolvedPromise();
  }, error => {
    console.log(`error 3 ${error}`); 
  })
  .then(() => {
     console.log('in the 4th then');
     return getResolvedPromise();
     //return getRejectPromise();
  }, error => {
    console.log(`error 4 ${error}`); 
    return getRejectPromise();
  })
  .catch(error => console.log(`catch: ${error}`));

const getResolvedPromise = () => Promise.resolve('resolved');
const getRejectPromise = () => Promise.reject('rejected');
const getRejectPromise2 = () => {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    reject('rejected 2');
  });
};
const getRejectPromise3 = () => {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    throw('rejected 3');
  });
};

const promise1 = getRejectPromise()
  .then(res => console.log('in the 1st then'))
  .catch(error => console.log(`error 1 ${error}`));

const promise2 = promise1
  .then(res => { 
    console.log('in the 2nd then');
    return getRejectPromise3();
    //return getResolvedPromise();
  })
  .catch(error => console.log(`error 2 ${error}`));

const promise3 = promise2
  .then(res => { 
    console.log('in the 3rd then');
    return getResolvedPromise();
  })
  .catch(error => console.log(`error 3 ${error}`));