Category: Genesis

4 and prepare for me delicious food, such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 27:4 In Genesis 27:4, we find ourselves in the tent of Isaac, the son of Abraham, who is now old…

26 When Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army. Setting the Scene for Genesis 26:26 In Genesis chapter 26, we find Isaac, the son of Abraham, in the land of Gerar. Isaac had settled there during a time of famine in the land of Canaan.…

1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. 2 The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you.…

19 These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac. 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren.…

24 And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb. Setting the Scene for Genesis 12:24 In Genesis chapter 12, we find Abraham, then known as Abram, embarking on a journey with his wife Sarai (later Sarah) and his nephew Lot. They are leaving their homeland of Ur in Mesopotamia, as God had instructed Abram…

24 Now after these things it was told to Abraham, “Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: Setting the Scene for Genesis 22:24 In Genesis chapter 22, we find Abraham’s servant on a crucial mission to find a wife for Abraham’s son, Isaac. The scene is set in the bustling city of…

9 But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. 10 So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.” 11 And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham…

25 When Abraham reproved Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized. Setting the Scene for Genesis 21:25 In Genesis chapter 21, we find Abraham and Abimelech, the king of Gerar, coming together to make a covenant at Beersheba. The scene is set in the peaceful and picturesque surroundings of Beersheba, a…

16 To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is a sign of your innocence in the eyes of all who are with you, and before everyone you are vindicated.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 20:16 In Genesis chapter 20, we find Abraham and Sarah journeying to…

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 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…