Category: Genesis

10 The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.” 11 And the angel of the Lord said to her, “Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has listened to…

6 And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. Setting the Scene for Genesis 15:6 In Genesis chapter 15, we find the patriarch Abraham, formerly known as Abram, in a profound encounter with God. The scene is set in the evening, with the sun setting over the horizon, casting a…

22 I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me. Let Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 14:22 In Genesis chapter 14, we find Abram, later known as Abraham, after he had just returned from rescuing his…

13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. 15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark…

25 And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 12:25 In Genesis chapter 12, we find Abram (later known as Abraham) and his wife Sarai (later known as Sarah) embarking on a journey.…

14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. Setting the Scene for Genesis 12:14 In Genesis chapter 12, we find Abram (later known as Abraham) and his wife Sarai (later known as Sarah) in Egypt. The scene unfolds as a result of a famine in the land of Canaan,…

8 So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth. Setting…

25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan. Setting the Scene for Genesis 10:25 In Genesis chapter 10, we find ourselves in the midst of a genealogy known as the Table of Nations. The scene…

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…

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…