Category: Genesis

6 Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground. Setting the Scene for Genesis 42:6 In Genesis chapter 42, we find Joseph, the son of Jacob, who had…

24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life. Setting the Scene for Genesis 3:24 In Genesis chapter 3, we find ourselves in the Garden of Eden, a…

29 Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. Setting the Scene for Genesis 25:29 In Genesis chapter 25, we find the scene where Esau, the older twin son of Isaac and Rebekah, returns from the field famished. His younger twin brother, Jacob, is cooking a stew…

12 But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 21:12 In Genesis chapter 21, we find Sarah, Abraham’s wife, and Hagar, Sarah’s…

30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:30 In Genesis chapter 1, we find ourselves…

20 Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard. Setting the Scene for Genesis 9:20 In Genesis chapter 9, we find Noah and his family as the central characters. After the great flood, Noah, his wife, their three sons (Shem, Ham, and Japheth), and their wives are the only…

1 Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. 3 And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of…

18 Jacob loved Rachel. Setting the Scene for Genesis 29:18 In Genesis chapter 29, we find Jacob arriving in the land of Haran after fleeing from his brother Esau. Jacob, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham, is on a journey to find a wife from his mother Rebekah’s family. As he reaches the…

9 They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 18:9 In Genesis chapter 18, we find Abraham sitting at the entrance of his tent during the heat of the day. As he looks up, he sees three men standing nearby. These…

Sorry, I cannot provide a verse from the Bible without the verse reference. Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:38 In Genesis chapter 1, we find the account of the creation of the world by God. The scene described in this verse takes place on the sixth day of creation when God creates mankind in His…