Category: Genesis

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, because…

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…

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see…

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see…

1 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth. 2 and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash…

6 Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him, Setting the Scene for Genesis 19:6 In Genesis chapter 19, we find the scene where Lot, the nephew of Abraham, is visited by two angels in the city of Sodom. Lot, along with his wife and two daughters, had settled…

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.” 16 But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to…

19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day. Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:19 In Genesis chapter 1, we find ourselves at the beginning of creation, where God is in the process of forming the world. The scene is set on the fourth day, specifically when God creates the sun, moon,…

1 And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door…

7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. Setting the Scene for Genesis 17:7 In Genesis chapter 17, we find Abraham, formerly known as Abram, in a significant encounter…