Category: Genesis

5 And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 15:5 In Genesis chapter 15, we find the scene where God speaks to Abram (later known as Abraham)…

19 And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; 20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” Setting the Scene for Genesis 14:19-20 In Genesis chapter 14, we find Abram, later known as Abraham, returning from a victorious…

14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring…

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 12:1 In Genesis chapter 12, we find Abram, later known as Abraham, receiving a divine call from God. The scene is set in the ancient…

12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.” 14 When Abram entered Egypt,…

7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the…

21 To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born. Setting the Scene for Genesis 10:21 In Genesis chapter 10, we find a detailed account of the descendants of Noah’s sons after the great flood. The scene unfolds in the ancient land of Mesopotamia, where…

1 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I…

29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that…

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…