Category: Genesis

6 And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Setting the Scene for Genesis 11:6 In Genesis chapter 11, we find a bustling scene…

19 And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. Setting the Scene for Genesis 10:19 In Genesis chapter 10, we find a detailed account of the descendants of Noah’s sons after…

5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:5 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The scene described in Genesis 1:5 takes place on the first day of creation, when God…

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given…

24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps…

16 And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:16-17 In Genesis chapter 1, verses 16-17, the scene…

1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. 2 Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” 3 Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so…

9 Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse him? Setting the Scene for Genesis 49:9 In Genesis 49:9, we find Jacob, also known as Israel, gathering his twelve sons around him to bless…

2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. Setting the Scene for Genesis 37:1 In Genesis chapter 37, we…

29 Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. Setting the Scene for Genesis 29:1 In Genesis 29:1, we find Jacob on a journey to Haran, the homeland of his mother, Rebekah. As he arrives at the outskirts of the city, he encounters a well where…