Category: Genesis

12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13 I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When…

8 Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground. Setting the Scene for Genesis 8:8 In Genesis chapter 8, we find Noah and his family aboard the ark after the great flood that covered the earth. The scene is one of both…

17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 8:17 In Genesis chapter 8, after the great flood,…

8 Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground, Setting the Scene for Genesis 7:8 In Genesis chapter 7, we find ourselves in the midst of a monumental event – the great flood. The scene is set on a vast plain where…

13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. 15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark…

10 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. Setting the Scene for Genesis 6:10 In Genesis chapter 6, we find ourselves in a time when the earth was filled with corruption and violence. Noah, a righteous man in the eyes of God, stands…

7 Thus all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. Setting the Scene for Genesis 5:7 In Genesis chapter 5, we find a genealogy that traces the descendants of Adam. The scene is set in a quiet corner of a bustling marketplace in the ancient city of Enoch. The…

8 “Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you. 9 Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse…

22 “Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall. 2 “Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob, listen to Israel your father. 3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the firstfruits of my strength, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power. 4 Unstable as…

1 So Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.” 2 And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh. 3 Then…