Category: Genesis

10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. Setting the Scene for Genesis 12:10 In Genesis chapter 12, we find Abram (later known as Abraham) and his wife Sarai (later known as Sarah) embarking on a journey…

31 Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there. Setting the Scene for Genesis 11:31 In…

14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim. Setting the Scene for Genesis 10:14 In Genesis chapter 10, we find a detailed account of the descendants of Noah’s son, Ham. Among these descendants is a man named Mizraim, who is believed to be the ancestor of the Egyptians. The scene unfolds in the…

1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. 3 In the course of time Cain brought…

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And…

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. Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:24 In Genesis chapter 1, we find ourselves in the midst of the creation story as described in the…

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. Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:16 In Genesis chapter 1, verse 16, the scene described is the fourth day of creation when God creates the sun, moon, and stars. The setting…

8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where…

26 The blessings of your father are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents, up to the bounties of the everlasting hills. Setting the Scene for Genesis 49:26 In Genesis 49:26, we find Jacob, also known as Israel, blessing his son Joseph. The scene takes place towards the end of Jacob’s life, as he gathers…

36 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.” Setting the Scene…