Category: Genesis

6 but to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country. Setting the Scene for Genesis 25:6 In Genesis 25:6, we find ourselves in the midst of a poignant scene involving Abraham, the patriarch of the…

34 So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant. 35 The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys. 36 And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was old,…

1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall…

15 And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven 16 and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the…

19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. Setting the Scene for Genesis 21:19 In Genesis chapter 21, we find the story of Hagar and her son Ishmael in the desert. After being cast out…

15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the child under one of the bushes. Setting the Scene for Genesis 21:15 In Genesis chapter 21, we find Hagar and her son Ishmael in a distressing situation. After Sarah, Abraham’s wife, gave birth to Isaac, she became jealous of Hagar and her son…

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 midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 A river flowed out of Eden to water…

5 When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 And a mist was going up from the land and…

7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 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…

20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the…