Category: Genesis

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…

26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created…

20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to…

13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day. Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:13 In Genesis chapter 1, verse 13, the scene is set on the third day of creation. The earth is still formless and void, covered in darkness. God has already separated the light from the darkness, created the…

2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. Setting the Scene for Genesis 2:0 In Genesis chapter 2, we find ourselves in the Garden of Eden, a lush and bountiful paradise created by God.…

6 Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground. Setting the Scene for Genesis 42:6 In Genesis chapter 42, we find Joseph, the son of Jacob, who had…

24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life. Setting the Scene for Genesis 3:24 In Genesis chapter 3, we find ourselves in the Garden of Eden, a…

29 Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. Setting the Scene for Genesis 25:29 In Genesis chapter 25, we find the scene where Esau, the older twin son of Isaac and Rebekah, returns from the field famished. His younger twin brother, Jacob, is cooking a stew…

12 But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 21:12 In Genesis chapter 21, we find Sarah, Abraham’s wife, and Hagar, Sarah’s…

30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:30 In Genesis chapter 1, we find ourselves…