Category: Genesis

19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. Setting the Scene for Genesis 21:19 In Genesis chapter 21, we find the story of Hagar and her son Ishmael in the desert. After being cast out…

15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the child under one of the bushes. Setting the Scene for Genesis 21:15 In Genesis chapter 21, we find Hagar and her son Ishmael in a distressing situation. After Sarah, Abraham’s wife, gave birth to Isaac, she became jealous of Hagar and her son…

9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 A river flowed out of Eden to water…

5 When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 And a mist was going up from the land and…

7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out…

20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the…

1 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth. 2 and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash…

11 And they struck with blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house, both small and great, so that they wore themselves out groping for the door. Setting the Scene for Genesis 19:11 In Genesis chapter 19, we find the scene where Lot, the nephew of Abraham, is visited by two angels…

3 But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. Setting the Scene for Genesis 19:3 In Genesis chapter 19, we find Lot, the nephew of Abraham, living in the city of Sodom with his family. Two angels, disguised as men, arrive at the city gates in the evening.…

14 So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, “Up! Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting. Setting the Scene for Genesis 19:14 In Genesis chapter 19, we find the scene where…