Category: Genesis

21 And when the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because she was attractive in appearance. Setting the Scene for Genesis 12:21 In Genesis chapter 12,…

17 And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Setting the Scene for Genesis 21:17 In Genesis chapter 21, we find the story…

23 Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And…

7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. Setting the Scene…

4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. 5 When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had…

20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the…

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 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. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,…

33 So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose. Setting the Scene for Genesis 19:33 In Genesis chapter 19, we find the story of Lot and his two daughters. The scene takes…

30 Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters. Setting the Scene for Genesis 19:30 In Genesis chapter 19, we find Lot and his two daughters fleeing the destruction…

15 As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 19:15 In Genesis chapter 19, we find the scene where the angels visit Lot in the city of Sodom.…