Category: Genesis

7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. Setting the Scene for Genesis 17:7 In Genesis chapter 17, we find Abraham, formerly known as Abram, in a significant encounter…

9 The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 16:9 In Genesis chapter 16, we find Hagar, the Egyptian maidservant of Sarai, the wife of Abram (later known as Abraham). The scene takes place in the desert of Beersheba, a barren and…

1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” 2 But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3…

19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, Setting the Scene for Genesis 15:19 In Genesis chapter 15, we find Abram, later known as Abraham, standing outside his tent under the starry night sky. The scene is set in the ancient land of Canaan, a region known for its vast deserts and rugged…

14 When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. 15 And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them…

1 So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. Setting the Scene for Genesis 13:1 In Genesis chapter 13, we find Abram (later known as Abraham) and his nephew Lot standing in the land of Canaan. They had just returned from…

1 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I…

2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves…

28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans. Setting the Scene for Genesis 11:28 In Genesis chapter 11, we find Terah, a descendant of Shem, leading his family from Ur of the Chaldeans towards the land of Canaan. The scene is set…

12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. Setting the Scene for Genesis 10:12 In Genesis chapter 10, we find a detailed account of the descendants of Noah’s sons after the great flood. The verse Genesis 10:12 specifically mentions that “Resen was between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.”…