Category: Genesis

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…

3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes…

14 The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. Setting the Scene for Genesis 3:14 In Genesis chapter 3, we find…

23 But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he went in to her. Setting the Scene for Genesis 29:23 In Genesis 29:23, we find ourselves in the midst of a significant event in the life of Jacob, one of the patriarchs of the Israelites. Jacob had just…

15 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?” Setting the Scene for Genesis 29:15 In Genesis 29:15, we find Jacob arriving in the land of Haran. Jacob, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham, had left his…

10 Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold, there…

1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.” 2 And he said, “Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death. 3 Now then, take…

5 because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 26:5 In Genesis chapter 26, we find Isaac, the son of Abraham, in the land of Gerar during a time of famine. Isaac, like his father before him, is faced with the challenge…

8 Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. Setting the Scene for Genesis 25:8 In Genesis chapter 25, we find ourselves in the midst of a poignant scene where Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, has passed away…

7 The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘To your offspring I will give this land,’ he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from…