Category: Genesis

2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments. Setting the Scene for Genesis 35:2 In Genesis chapter 35, we find Jacob and his household preparing to journey to Bethel as instructed by God.…

34 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh. Setting the Scene for Genesis 33:34 In Genesis chapter 33, we find Jacob, who is also known as Israel, preparing to meet his brother…

24 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go,…

53 The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. Setting the Scene for Genesis 31:53 In Genesis chapter 31, we find Jacob and Laban meeting at a place called Mizpah. The tension between them had been…

37 Then Jacob took fresh sticks of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the sticks. 38 And he set the sticks that he had peeled in front of the flocks in the troughs, that is, the watering places, where the flocks came to drink. And…

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is…

3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes…

14 The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. Setting the Scene for Genesis 3:14 In Genesis chapter 3, we find…

23 But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he went in to her. Setting the Scene for Genesis 29:23 In Genesis 29:23, we find ourselves in the midst of a significant event in the life of Jacob, one of the patriarchs of the Israelites. Jacob had just…

15 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?” Setting the Scene for Genesis 29:15 In Genesis 29:15, we find Jacob arriving in the land of Haran. Jacob, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham, had left his…