Category: Genesis

7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of…

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. Setting the Scene for Genesis 39:1 In Genesis 39:1, we find Joseph in the house of Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh…

11 Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, till Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father’s house. Setting the Scene for Genesis 38:11 In Genesis chapter 38, we find the story of Tamar,…

12 Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem. 13 And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.” 14 So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well…

1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and…

4 But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. Setting the Scene for Genesis 33:4 In Genesis chapter 33, we find Jacob, who had fled from his brother Esau many years earlier after deceiving him and taking his birthright and blessing. Now, as…

29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. Setting the Scene for Genesis 32:29 In Genesis chapter 32, we find Jacob preparing to meet his estranged brother, Esau, after many years of separation. Jacob had deceived Esau…

9 It is in my power to do you harm. But the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’ Setting the Scene for Genesis 31:9 In Genesis chapter 31, we find Jacob in a tense situation with his father-in-law Laban.…

1 Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has gained all this wealth.” 2 And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before. 3 Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the…

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is…