Category: Genesis

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:27 In Genesis chapter 1, we find ourselves at the beginning of creation, where God is in the process of forming the world and all that is…

21 He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. Setting the Scene for Genesis 9:21 In Genesis chapter 9, we find Noah, a righteous man who had found favor in the eyes of the Lord. After surviving the great flood with his family and pairs of animals on the…

1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. 3 In the course of time Cain brought…

20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her. Setting the Scene for Genesis 29:20 In Genesis chapter 29, we find Jacob arriving in the land of Haran after fleeing from his brother Esau. Jacob, the son of Isaac…

12 He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Setting the Scene for Genesis 17:12 In Genesis chapter 17, we find Abraham, formerly known as Abram, in the presence of God. The scene is set in the plains of Mamre, where Abraham had set up his tent. As the sun begins to…

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.” So God created man…

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, 2 And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly. 3 Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, 4…

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…

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. 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between…

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. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where…