Category: Genesis

20 And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow. Setting the Scene for Genesis 21:20 In Genesis chapter 21, we find Abraham and Sarah in the land of Gerar, where they had settled after leaving Egypt. The scene unfolds in the…

13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord. Setting the Scene for Genesis 13:13 In Genesis chapter 13, we find Abram (later known as Abraham) and his nephew Lot standing in the land of Canaan. The scene unfolds as they have just returned from Egypt, where they had temporarily sought…

24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Setting the Scene for Genesis 5:24 In Genesis chapter 5, we find ourselves in the midst of a genealogy that traces the descendants of Adam. The scene is set in a time when people lived for hundreds of years, and the…

45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah. And he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. So Joseph went out over the land of Egypt. Setting the Scene for Genesis 41:45 In Genesis chapter 41, we find Joseph, a Hebrew man who had been sold into slavery by his jealous…

3 Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf, that even I may have children through her.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 30:3 In Genesis chapter 30, we find a tense and emotionally charged scene involving two sisters, Leah and Rachel, and…

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. 5 And they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.” Setting…

6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Setting the Scene for Genesis 10:6 In Genesis chapter 10, we find a detailed account of the descendants of Noah’s sons after the great flood. The scene unfolds in the ancient land of Mesopotamia, where the descendants of Noah have multiplied and spread out across…

1 It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went in to her, 3 And she conceived and bore a son,…

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.…

22 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 24 And Jacob…