Category: Genesis

2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. Setting the Scene for Genesis 37:2 In Genesis chapter 37, we…

5 And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. Setting the Scene for Genesis 35:5 In Genesis chapter 35, we find Jacob and his household on a journey to Bethel. After Jacob’s daughter Dinah was violated in…

2 When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her. Setting the Scene for Genesis 34:2 In Genesis chapter 34, we find the scene set in the land of Canaan, where Jacob’s family has settled. Jacob’s daughter Dinah goes…

25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”…

9 And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness…

13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred. Setting the Scene for Genesis 31:13 In Genesis 31, we find Jacob in a moment of contemplation and decision-making. The scene is…

22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. Setting the Scene for Genesis 30:22 In Genesis chapter 30, we find the scene set in the household of Jacob, one of the patriarchs of the Israelites. Jacob had two wives, Leah and Rachel, who were sisters. The two sisters had…

8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Setting the Scene for Genesis 3:8 In Genesis chapter 3, we find the scene…

19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Setting the Scene for Genesis 3:19 In Genesis chapter 3, we find ourselves in the Garden of Eden, a paradise created…

18 Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.” 19 Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me.” 20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to…