Category: Genesis

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 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. 3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites,…

1 Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. Setting the Scene for Genesis 45:1 In Genesis chapter 45, we find Joseph revealing his true identity to his…

11 Please accept my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” Thus he urged him, and he took it. Setting the Scene for Genesis 33:11 In Genesis chapter 33, we find Jacob, who had fled from his brother Esau many years earlier after deceiving…

1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. Setting the Scene for Genesis 26:1 In Genesis chapter 26, we find Isaac, the son of Abraham, in the land of Gerar during a…

20 And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow. Setting the Scene for Genesis 21:20 In Genesis chapter 21, we find Abraham and Sarah in the land of Gerar, where they had settled after leaving Egypt. The scene unfolds in the…

13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord. Setting the Scene for Genesis 13:13 In Genesis chapter 13, we find Abram (later known as Abraham) and his nephew Lot standing in the land of Canaan. The scene unfolds as they have just returned from Egypt, where they had temporarily sought…

24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Setting the Scene for Genesis 5:24 In Genesis chapter 5, we find ourselves in the midst of a genealogy that traces the descendants of Adam. The scene is set in a time when people lived for hundreds of years, and the…

45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah. And he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. So Joseph went out over the land of Egypt. Setting the Scene for Genesis 41:45 In Genesis chapter 41, we find Joseph, a Hebrew man who had been sold into slavery by his jealous…

3 Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf, that even I may have children through her.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 30:3 In Genesis chapter 30, we find a tense and emotionally charged scene involving two sisters, Leah and Rachel, and…