Category: Genesis

14 So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 22:14 In Genesis chapter 22, we find Abraham and his son Isaac in a profound and challenging situation. God has…

1 And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. Setting the Scene for Genesis 18:1 In Genesis chapter 18, we find Abraham sitting at the entrance of his tent during the heat of the day. As he…

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The scene opens with a vast expanse of darkness covering the formless void that was the earth. The Spirit of God hovers over the waters, ready to bring…

2 Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate, Setting the Scene for Genesis 7:2 In Genesis chapter 7, we find Noah and his family standing at the entrance of the massive ark they…

1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian…

11 Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, ‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’ Setting the Scene for Genesis 20:11 In Genesis chapter 20, we find Abraham and Sarah on a journey to Gerar, a city in the land of…

4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Setting the Scene for Genesis 12:4 In Genesis chapter 12, we find Abram, later known as Abraham, at the center of the narrative. The scene unfolds as God calls Abram…

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And…

22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work…

2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years…