Category: Genesis

40 And Joseph’s ten brothers came down to buy grain from Egypt. Setting the Scene for Genesis 38:40 In Genesis chapter 38, we find the story of Tamar, the daughter-in-law of Judah. Tamar was married to Judah’s eldest son, Er, who died childless. Following the custom of levirate marriage, Judah asked his second son, Onan,…

10 And what he did was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death also. Setting the Scene for Genesis 38:10 In Genesis chapter 38, we find the story of Judah and Tamar. The scene unfolds in a time of great turmoil and tragedy within the family of Judah. Judah’s…

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. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years…

2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments. Setting the Scene for Genesis 35:2 In Genesis chapter 35, we find Jacob and his household preparing to journey to Bethel as instructed by God.…

34 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh. Setting the Scene for Genesis 33:34 In Genesis chapter 33, we find Jacob, who is also known as Israel, preparing to meet his brother…

24 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 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,…

53 The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. Setting the Scene for Genesis 31:53 In Genesis chapter 31, we find Jacob and Laban meeting at a place called Mizpah. The tension between them had been…

37 Then Jacob took fresh sticks of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the sticks. 38 And he set the sticks that he had peeled in front of the flocks in the troughs, that is, the watering places, where the flocks came to drink. And…

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is…

3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes…