Category: Genesis

4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that was near Shechem. Setting the Scene for Genesis 35:4 In Genesis 35, we find Jacob and his household on a journey to Bethel. After Jacob’s daughter…

1 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land. Setting the Scene for Genesis 34:1 In Genesis chapter 34, we find the story of Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob. The scene unfolds in the land of Canaan, where Jacob’s family…

30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 32:30 In Genesis chapter 32, we find Jacob, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham, preparing to meet his estranged brother Esau. Jacob…

32 God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:32 In Genesis chapter 1, the scene is set at the culmination of the creation story. The verse preceding Genesis 1:32 describes how God saw…

49 The Lord watch between you and me, when we are out of one another’s sight. Setting the Scene for Genesis 31:49 In Genesis chapter 31, we find Jacob and Laban standing on a hill in the region of Gilead. The two men had a tumultuous relationship, with Jacob having worked for Laban for twenty…

1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. Setting the Scene for Genesis 30:1 In Genesis chapter 30, we find a tense and emotionally charged scene unfolding in the household of Jacob. The main characters in this scene are Jacob, his two wives Leah and Rachel, and their handmaids…

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 in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” 4 But the serpent said to…

17 And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; 18 thorns…

29 that you will not harm us, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 28:29 In Genesis chapter 28, we find Jacob on a journey to Haran.…

29 Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant. Setting the Scene for Genesis 29:29 In Genesis 29:29, we find ourselves in the midst of a complex and dramatic scene at Laban’s household. Laban, the cunning and manipulative brother of Jacob’s mother, Rebekah, has just orchestrated a cunning plan…