Category: Genesis

8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9 “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you,” 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark;…

18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 And the Amorites, the Canaanites, the…

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. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian…

7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. 9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens…

4 In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Setting the Scene for Genesis 8:4 In Genesis chapter 8, we find Noah and his family aboard the ark that he had built as per God’s instructions. The scene is set amidst a…

9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground. Setting the Scene for Genesis 4:9-10 In Genesis chapter 4,…

15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” 16 To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to…

35 So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose. Setting the Scene for Genesis 19:35 In Genesis chapter 19, we find the story of Lot and his two daughters. The scene takes…

24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps…

30 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. Setting the Scene for Genesis 9:30 In Genesis chapter 9, we find the story of Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, after the great flood. The scene in Genesis 9:30 takes place after the floodwaters have receded, and Noah and his…