Category: Genesis

8 Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. So it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 From…

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And…

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And…

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…

11 And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:11 In Genesis chapter 1, we find ourselves at the very beginning of time, where God…

1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai, Abram’s wife, took…

46 Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt. Setting the Scene for Genesis 41:46 In Genesis chapter 41, we find Joseph standing before Pharaoh in the land of Egypt. The…

22 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. Setting the Scene for Genesis 32:22 In Genesis 32:22, we find Jacob preparing to meet his estranged brother, Esau, after many years of separation. Jacob had fled from Esau’s…

1 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. Setting the Scene for Genesis 25:1 In Genesis chapter 25, we find ourselves in the midst of a bustling camp in the desert. The scene is set in the land of Canaan, where Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, has passed away. His sons, Isaac and…